According to the most recent data on the cost of living, La Follette has an overall cost of living index of 75 which is 0.8x lower than the national index of 100.
Compared to only Tennessee, La Follette has a cost of living index that's 0.8x lower than Tennessee's index of 89.
The standard of living in La Follette ranks as #35 most affordable out of the 6,418 places we measured in Tennessee. By definition, that implies La Follette ranks as the #6,383 most expensive place in the Volunteer State.
Living Expense | La Follette | Tennessee | National Average | |
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Overall | 75 | 89 | 100 | |
Services | 90 | 94 | 100 | |
Groceries | 87 | 91 | 100 | |
Health | 92 | 91 | 100 | |
Housing | 39 | 81 | 100 | |
Transportation | 87 | 86 | 100 | |
Utilities | 96 | 92 | 100 |
Housing swings affordability the most between places in Tennessee, 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 | La Follette | Tennessee | United States |
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Median Home Value | $86,500 | $177,600 | $229,800 |
Median Rent | $671 | $897 | $1,096 |
Median Income | $36,506 | $54,833 | $64,994 |
Home Value To Income | 2.4x | 3.2x | 3.5x |
Rent To Monthly Income | 0.22x | 0.2x | 0.2x |
Item | La Follette | Tennessee |
---|---|---|
Shampoo | $0.84 | $1.06 |
Movie | $10.22 | $10.68 |
Bowling | $18.67 | $14.67 |
Item | La Follette | Tennessee |
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Ground Beef | $4.41 | $4.22 |
Fried Chicken | $0.99 | $1.39 |
Milk | $1.85 | $2.05 |
Item | La Follette | Tennessee |
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Haircut | $14.73 | $18.62 |
Beauty Salon | $37.6 | $39.05 |
Toothpaste | $1.5 | $2.34 |
Item | La Follette | Tennessee |
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Potatoes | $2.88 | $3.29 |
Pizza | $9.99 | $10.62 |
Beer | $9.75 | $9.38 |
Optometrist | $88.0 | $108.57 |
Doctor | $105.73 | $116.17 |
Dentist | $88.77 | $99.13 |
Item | La Follette | Tennessee |
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Gasoline | $2.06 | $2.22 |
Tire Balancing | $36.44 | $50.07 |
All Electricity | $149.12 | $167.67 |
Phone | $184.96 | $175.64 |
City | Population | Cost Of Living | Vs. La Follette |
---|---|---|---|
Morristown, TN | 29,887 | 85 | 1.1x |
Oak Ridge, TN | 29,124 | 88 | 1.2x |
Farragut, TN | 23,110 | 112 | 1.5x |
Sevierville, TN | 17,185 | 89 | 1.2x |
Seymour, TN | 15,444 | 87 | 1.2x |
Clinton, TN | 10,006 | 84 | 1.1x |
Alcoa, TN | 9,809 | 85 | 1.1x |
Fairfield Glade, TN | 9,364 | 95 | 1.3x |
Kingston, TN | 5,946 | 86 | 1.1x |