Index | Fairfax | Vermont | National |
Cost of living | 119 | 110 | 100 |
Goods & Services | 108 | 108 | 100 |
Groceries | 105 | 105 | 100 |
Health care | 106 | 106 | 100 |
Housing | 142 | 112 | 100 |
Transportation | 107 | 107 | 100 |
Utilities | 121 | 121 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $85,417 | $7,118 | $1,993 | $2,563 |
Renters | $49,145 | $4,095 | $1,147 | $1,474 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
Vermont | 6% | 7% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
Vermont | 3.35% | 8.75% |
Item | Fairfax | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $26.98 | $24.26 | 11.2% |
Beauty Salon | $46.44 | $45.56 | 1.9% |
Toothpaste | $3.73 | $3.70 | 0.8% |
Shampoo | $1.23 | $1.28 | 3.9% |
Movie | $11.94 | $12.13 | 1.6% |
Bowling | $15.67 | $18.00 | 13.0% |
Item | Fairfax | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $5.76 | $5.84 | 1.4% |
Fried Chicken | $1.72 | $1.57 | 9.6% |
Milk | $4.82 | $4.67 | 3.1% |
Potatoes | $4.97 | $4.93 | 0.7% |
Pizza | $12.05 | $12.09 | 0.3% |
Beer | $10.01 | $10.41 | 3.9% |
Item | Fairfax | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $141.67 | $125.68 | 12.7% |
Doctor | $152.78 | $135.78 | 12.5% |
Dentist | $130.83 | $113.29 | 15.5% |
Ibuprofen | $10.78 | $10.65 | 1.2% |
Lipitor | $371.02 | $468.60 | 20.8% |
Item | Fairfax | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $281,000.00 | $184,700.00 | 52.1% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $3,072.44 | $2,346.69 | 30.9% |
Apartment Rent | $1,129.00 | $949.00 | 19.0% |
Item | Fairfax | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $3.59 | $3.46 | 3.8% |
Tire Balancing | $68.60 | $59.92 | 14.5% |
Item | Fairfax | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $262.67 | $193.99 | 35.4% |
Phone | $186.03 | $192.25 | 3.2% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
St. Albans, VT | 6,796 | 106 | 6.1% |
Cambridge, VT | 244 | 108 | 7.8% |
Winooski, VT | 7,320 | 114 | 14.1% |
Jeffersonville, VT | 667 | 114 | 14.4% |
Milton, VT | 3,913 | 115 | 15.4% |
Fairfax, VT | 1,145 | 119 | 18.8% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Crowley Lake, CA | 1,145 | 129 | 29.4% |
Pierceton, IN | 1,145 | 85 | 14.5% |
Valley Falls, KS | 1,145 | 83 | 16.6% |
Little Valley, NY | 1,145 | 80 | 19.8% |
Fairfield Beach, OH | 1,145 | 93 | 7.1% |
Fairfax, VT | 1,145 | 119 | 18.8% |