Index | Newtown | Connecticut | National |
Cost of living | 135 | 118 | 100 |
Goods & Services | 108 | 109 | 100 |
Groceries | 99 | 102 | 100 |
Health care | 113 | 109 | 100 |
Housing | 196 | 137 | 100 |
Transportation | 103 | 100 | 100 |
Utilities | 133 | 130 | 100 |
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Median Income | Per Year | Per Month | Max Budget (28% DTI) | Max Budget (36% DTI) |
Owners | $146,000 | $12,167 | $3,406 | $4,380 |
Renters | $51,875 | $4,323 | $1,210 | $1,556 |
State | General Sales Tax | With Max Surtax |
Connecticut | 6.35% | 6.35% |
State | Income Tax (Low) | Income Tax (High) |
Connecticut | 3% | 6.99% |
Item | Newtown | National avg. | Difference |
Haircut | $39.78 | $24.26 | 64.0% |
Beauty Salon | $69.00 | $45.56 | 51.4% |
Toothpaste | $3.86 | $3.70 | 4.2% |
Shampoo | $1.47 | $1.28 | 14.8% |
Movie | $15.07 | $12.13 | 24.2% |
Bowling | $24.00 | $18.00 | 33.3% |
Item | Newtown | National avg. | Difference |
Ground Beef | $6.28 | $5.84 | 7.6% |
Fried Chicken | $1.59 | $1.57 | 1.4% |
Milk | $4.83 | $4.67 | 3.3% |
Potatoes | $5.03 | $4.93 | 2.0% |
Pizza | $13.21 | $12.09 | 9.3% |
Beer | $10.53 | $10.41 | 1.1% |
Item | Newtown | National avg. | Difference |
Optometrist | $134.70 | $125.68 | 7.2% |
Doctor | $162.26 | $135.78 | 19.5% |
Dentist | $136.03 | $113.29 | 20.1% |
Ibuprofen | $11.26 | $10.65 | 5.7% |
Lipitor | $375.63 | $468.60 | 19.8% |
Item | Newtown | National avg. | Difference |
Home Price | $392,500.00 | $184,700.00 | 112.5% |
Avg. Mortgage Payment | $3,730.18 | $2,346.69 | 59.0% |
Apartment Rent | $1,494.00 | $949.00 | 57.4% |
Item | Newtown | National avg. | Difference |
Gasoline | $3.47 | $3.46 | 0.2% |
Tire Balancing | $63.33 | $59.92 | 5.7% |
Item | Newtown | National avg. | Difference |
All Electricity | $296.64 | $193.99 | 52.9% |
Phone | $185.16 | $192.25 | 3.7% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Cannondale, CT | 440 | 112 | 12.4% |
Watchtower, NY | 2,092 | 112 | 12.4% |
Waterbury, CT | 107,841 | 101 | 1.1% |
Naugatuck, CT | 31,201 | 108 | 8.4% |
Derby, CT | 12,420 | 110 | 9.7% |
Newtown, CT | 1,921 | 135 | 35.4% |
City | Population | Cost of Living Index | National Avg. |
Emerson, GA | 1,921 | 93 | 6.8% |
Wellsville, KS | 1,921 | 90 | 10.1% |
Mechanicsburg, OH | 1,921 | 85 | 15.3% |
Hampton, PA | 1,921 | 94 | 6.0% |
Lepanto, AR | 1,922 | 76 | 23.9% |
Newtown, CT | 1,921 | 135 | 35.4% |