According to the most recent data on the cost of living, California City has an overall cost of living index of 101 which is 1.0x higher than the national index of 100.
Compared to only California, California City has a cost of living index that's 0.7x lower than California's index of 140.
The standard of living in California City ranks as #3,263 most affordable out of the 6,418 places we measured in California. By definition, that implies California City ranks as the #3,156 most expensive place in the Golden State.
Living Expense | California City | California | National Average | |
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Overall | 101 | 140 | 100 | |
Services | 103 | 112 | 100 | |
Groceries | 103 | 113 | 100 | |
Health | 107 | 115 | 100 | |
Housing | 63 | 198 | 100 | |
Transportation | 128 | 134 | 100 | |
Utilities | 165 | 126 | 100 |
Housing swings affordability the most between places in California, so we broke down the statistics around housing costs into more detail. It's also important to consider median household incomes to make apples-to-apples comparisons across locations.
Home and income come data comes from the most recent US Census ACS 2014-2018.
Statistic | California City | California | United States |
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Median Home Value | $161,200 | $538,500 | $229,800 |
Median Rent | $915 | $1,586 | $1,096 |
Median Income | $47,575 | $78,672 | $64,994 |
Home Value To Income | 3.4x | 6.8x | 3.5x |
Rent To Monthly Income | 0.23x | 0.24x | 0.2x |
Item | California City | California |
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Shampoo | $1.16 | $1.06 |
Movie | $10.31 | $10.68 |
Bowling | $14.28 | $14.67 |
Item | California City | California |
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Ground Beef | $4.37 | $4.22 |
Fried Chicken | $1.53 | $1.39 |
Milk | $2.37 | $2.05 |
Item | California City | California |
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Haircut | $20.0 | $18.62 |
Beauty Salon | $55.0 | $39.05 |
Toothpaste | $2.6 | $2.34 |
Item | California City | California |
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Potatoes | $3.31 | $3.29 |
Pizza | $8.97 | $10.62 |
Beer | $8.81 | $9.38 |
Optometrist | $91.67 | $108.57 |
Doctor | $131.39 | $116.17 |
Dentist | $117.39 | $99.13 |
Item | California City | California |
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Gasoline | $3.22 | $2.22 |
Tire Balancing | $46.66 | $50.07 |
All Electricity | $370.41 | $167.67 |
Phone | $176.01 | $175.64 |