Cost Of Living in Shadow Lake, WA

The cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. For example, if the cost of living is 90, then it is 10% lower than average. If the cost of living is 110, then it is 10% higher than average. The breakdown for each index is as follows: goods & services (33%), groceries (13%), health care (5%), housing (30%), transportation (9%) and utilities (10%). If the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used.
Index	Shadow Lake	Washington	National
Cost of living	147	118	100
Goods & Services	113	111	100
Groceries	116	110	100
Health care	115	120	100
Housing	226	135	100
Transportation	125	123	100
Utilities	97	92	100

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The cost of living in Shadow Lake is 25% higher than the Washington average
The cost of living in Shadow Lake is 47% higher than the national average
Shadow Lake housing is 126% higher than the national average
Washington general sales tax is 27% higher than the national average
Washington state income tax is 100% lower than the national average

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Median Income & Debt-To-Income Ratio

Median Income	Per Year	Per Month	Max Budget (28% DTI)	Max Budget (36% DTI)
Owners	$133,942	$11,162	$3,125	$4,019
Renters	$43,333	$3,611	$1,011	$1,300

Washington Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
Washington	6.5%	10.4%

Washington Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
Washington	0%	0%

Goods & Services

Item	Shadow Lake	National avg.	Difference
Haircut	$32.12	$24.26	32.4%
Beauty Salon	$43.48	$45.56	4.6%
Toothpaste	$3.46	$3.70	6.6%
Shampoo	$1.24	$1.28	3.4%
Movie	$11.87	$12.13	2.2%
Bowling	$17.56	$18.00	2.5%

Groceries

Item	Shadow Lake	National avg.	Difference
Ground Beef	$5.66	$5.84	3.0%
Fried Chicken	$2.78	$1.57	76.8%
Milk	$4.85	$4.67	3.7%
Potatoes	$4.43	$4.93	10.3%
Pizza	$14.86	$12.09	22.9%
Beer	$11.77	$10.41	13.1%

Health Care

Item	Shadow Lake	National avg.	Difference
Optometrist	$242.14	$125.68	92.7%
Doctor	$139.77	$135.78	2.9%
Dentist	$164.30	$113.29	45.0%
Ibuprofen	$11.87	$10.65	11.4%
Lipitor	$448.83	$468.60	4.2%

Housing

Item	Shadow Lake	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$495,800.00	$184,700.00	168.4%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$2,843.91	$2,346.69	21.2%
Apartment Rent	$1,203.00	$949.00	26.8%

Transportation

Item	Shadow Lake	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$4.39	$3.46	26.9%
Tire Balancing	$77.69	$59.92	29.7%

Utilities

Item	Shadow Lake	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$175.38	$193.99	9.6%
Phone	$207.11	$192.25	7.7%

Although the cost of living data is updated regularly, this cost of living information is to be used as estimates only as prices can change on an ongoing basis.

Nearby cities with low cost of living

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Fairwood CDP (Spokane County), WA	8,055	114	13.7%
North Puyallup, WA	1,970	115	15.1%
Algona, WA	3,207	125	25.0%
Pacific, WA	7,122	127	27.3%
Tukwila, WA	20,265	128	27.8%
Shadow Lake, WA	2,385	147	47.0%

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City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Kenly, NC	2,385	88	12.0%
Commerce, OK	2,384	78	21.7%
Royal City, WA	2,384	96	3.8%
Kelsey, MB	2,384	n/a
Sylvania, AL	2,386	79	20.6%
Shadow Lake, WA	2,385	147	47.0%

Date & Last Updated: This data reflects 2023 and was released from C2ER in January, 2024; this is the most current data available.

Cost of Living in Shadow Lake, WA