Truckee cost of living index

Displayed above is a general overview of the Truckee, CA cost of living index. The overall cost of living index in Truckee, CA is 144, which is 4% higher than the California average and 44% higher than the national average. The cost of living index is created from the following categories: goods/services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). As you can see, goods/services and housing make up the majority of the overall cost of living index. Everyday goods and services can be a good indicator of the general cost of goods in a given city. In this case, the goods and services in Truckee, CA are 3% higher than the California average and 13% higher than the national average.

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

One can approximate the cost of living and the housing affordability in Truckee, CA by the percentage of a person’s income that he or she spends on the monthly housing, otherwise known as the debt-to-income ratio (DTI). To stay on the safe side and keep one’s head above the water, a consumer should never spend more than 28 percent of his or her gross income on housing-related expenses and costs and not more than 36 percent of income on all expenses and debts. Homeowners in Truckee, CA have a median income of $95,388. Therefore, the amount that a consumer should spend on housing costs should be no more than $2,226 per month to avoid calamity and poverty. The renters in the city have an income of about $50,922, which would make their monthly maximum allowable rental costs $1,188.

California Sales Tax

California Income Tax

When considering the overall cost of living expenses in Truckee, CA, it's important to take into account the sales tax for California, as well as the rate for income tax in California. Goods and services sold to consumers in any state have some form of sales tax. Each state has its own tax code, which means that sales tax rates vary from state to state, ranging from over 7% in some states to as low as 0% in others. The maximum surtax for California is 10.25%, and the sales tax in the state of California is 7.25%. Alternatively, the tax imposed on your income by the state government is known as income tax. The rate for this tax also varies from state to state, and your rate is affected by your tax bracket, which is determined by your level of income. Income tax rates might be as high as 9%, down to as low as 0%. The range for income tax rates in California starts from 1% and goes up to 13.3%.

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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.

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Source: The Truckee, CA cost of living data displayed above is derived from the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) for 2017.