Towanda, Kansas Cost Of Living

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Overall 13%

Goods & Services 3%

Housing 43%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2019 and was released from C2ER in January, 2020; this is the most current data available.

The cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. For example, if the cost of living is 90, then it is 10% lower than average. If the cost of living is 110, then it is 10% higher than average. The breakdown for each index is as follows: goods & services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). If the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used.
Index	Towanda	Kansas	National
Cost of living	87	89	100
Goods & Services	103	93	100
Groceries	94	93	100
Health care	96	99	100
Housing	57	76	100
Transportation	97	95	100
Utilities	98	98	100

Key findings

The cost of living in Towanda is 2% lower than the Kansas average
The cost of living in Towanda is 13% lower than the national average
Towanda housing is 43% lower than the national average
Kansas general sales tax is 28% higher than the national average
Kansas state income tax is 26% higher than the national average

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

Median Income	Per Year	Per Month	Max Budget (28% DTI)	Max Budget (36% DTI)
Owners	$50,326	$4,194	$1,174	$1,510
Renters	$48,009	$4,001	$1,120	$1,440

Kansas Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Kansas	6.5%	11.5%

Kansas Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Kansas	3.1%	5.7%

Goods & Services

Item	Towanda	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$17.80	$17.49	1.8%
Beauty Salon	$41.00	$38.17	7.4%
Toothpaste	$1.83	$2.32	21.2%
Shampoo	$0.89	$1.01	12.0%
Movie	$9.38	$10.72	12.5%
Bowling	$12.80	$13.86	7.7%

Groceries

Item	Towanda	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$3.68	$3.90	5.6%
Fried Chicken	$1.31	$1.40	6.1%
Milk	$1.53	$1.96	22.0%
Potatoes	$2.89	$3.18	9.2%
Pizza	$9.99	$10.39	3.9%
Beer	$8.79	$9.23	4.8%

Health Care

Item	Towanda	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$159.80	$106.34	50.3%
Doctor	$105.05	$115.25	8.9%
Dentist	$86.60	$98.38	12.0%
Ibuprofen	$8.24	$9.26	11.0%
Lipitor	$488.14	$466.47	4.6%

Housing

Item	Towanda	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$80,600.00	$184,700.00	56.4%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$921.11	$1,273.32	27.7%
Apartment Rent	$840.00	$949.00	11.5%

Transportation

Item	Towanda	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$2.45	$2.59	5.3%
Tire Balancing	$50.63	$48.90	3.5%

Utilities

Item	Towanda	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$157.50	$167.60	6.0%
Phone	$186.00	$163.42	13.8%

Although the cost of living data is updated regularly, this cost of living information is to be used as estimates only as prices can change on an ongoing basis.

Nearby cities with low cost of living

City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Potwin, KS	470	83	-17%
Leon, KS	598	84	-16%
El Dorado, KS	13,102	86	-14%
Augusta, KS	9,262	88	-12%
Whitewater, KS	784	88	-12%
Towanda, KS	1,382	87	-13%

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City, State	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Tieton, WA	1,382	91	-9%
Ponderosa Pine, NM	1,382	103	3%
Zena, NY	1,383	117	17%
Preston, MN	1,383	88	-12%
Kingston, NJ	1,383	131	31%
Towanda, KS	1,382	87	-13%

Source: The Towanda, KS cost of living data displayed above is derived from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) for 2019.

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