According to the most recent data on the cost of living, East Palo Alto has an overall cost of living index of 160 which is 1.6x higher than the national index of 100.
Compared to only California, East Palo Alto has a cost of living index that's 1.1x higher than California's index of 140.
The standard of living in East Palo Alto ranks as #6,008 most affordable out of the 6,418 places we measured in California. By definition, that implies East Palo Alto ranks as the #411 most expensive place in the Golden State.
Living Expense | East Palo Alto | California | National Average | |
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Overall | 160 | 140 | 100 | |
Services | 116 | 112 | 100 | |
Groceries | 134 | 113 | 100 | |
Health | 125 | 115 | 100 | |
Housing | 241 | 198 | 100 | |
Transportation | 143 | 134 | 100 | |
Utilities | 134 | 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 | East Palo Alto | California | United States |
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Median Home Value | $941,300 | $538,500 | $229,800 |
Median Rent | $1,765 | $1,586 | $1,096 |
Median Income | $83,511 | $78,672 | $64,994 |
Home Value To Income | 11.3x | 6.8x | 3.5x |
Rent To Monthly Income | 0.25x | 0.24x | 0.2x |
Item | East Palo Alto | California |
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Shampoo | $1.39 | $1.06 |
Movie | $13.23 | $10.68 |
Bowling | $19.56 | $14.67 |
Item | East Palo Alto | California |
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Ground Beef | $3.73 | $4.22 |
Fried Chicken | $1.89 | $1.39 |
Milk | $2.87 | $2.05 |
Item | East Palo Alto | California |
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Haircut | $19.39 | $18.62 |
Beauty Salon | $67.86 | $39.05 |
Toothpaste | $3.07 | $2.34 |
Item | East Palo Alto | California |
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Potatoes | $3.35 | $3.29 |
Pizza | $12.66 | $10.62 |
Beer | $10.57 | $9.38 |
Optometrist | $136.92 | $108.57 |
Doctor | $146.83 | $116.17 |
Dentist | $133.38 | $99.13 |
Item | East Palo Alto | California |
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Gasoline | $3.38 | $2.22 |
Tire Balancing | $62.03 | $50.07 |
All Electricity | $269.4 | $167.67 |
Phone | $187.26 | $175.64 |
City | Population | Cost Of Living | Vs. East Palo Alto |
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Sunnyvale, CA | 152,569 | 204 | 1.3x |
San Mateo, CA | 103,619 | 205 | 1.3x |
Mountain View, CA | 80,104 | 220 | 1.4x |
Pleasanton, CA | 79,975 | 203 | 1.3x |
Palo Alto, CA | 67,973 | 303 | 1.9x |
Cupertino, CA | 59,799 | 252 | 1.6x |
Newark, CA | 48,148 | 168 | 1.1x |
San Bruno, CA | 44,663 | 184 | 1.1x |
Menlo Park, CA | 35,211 | 289 | 1.8x |
Los Altos, CA | 30,878 | 340 | 2.1x |