Cost Of Living in Water Mill, NY

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	Water Mill	New York	National
Cost of living	348	117	100
Goods & Services	108	108	100
Groceries	99	102	100
Health care	113	103	100
Housing	904	145	100
Transportation	103	105	100
Utilities	133	100	100

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The cost of living in Water Mill is 197% higher than the New York average
The cost of living in Water Mill is 248% higher than the national average
Water Mill housing is 804% higher than the national average
New York general sales tax is 22% lower than the national average
New York state income tax is 54% higher 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	$189,545	$15,795	$4,422	$5,687
Renters	$75,417	$6,285	$1,760	$2,263

New York Sales Tax

State	General Sales Tax	With Max Surtax
New York	4%	8.875%

New York Income Tax

State	Income Tax (Low)	Income Tax (High)
New York	4%	10.9%

Goods & Services

Item	Water Mill	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%

Groceries

Item	Water Mill	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%

Health Care

Item	Water Mill	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%

Housing

Item	Water Mill	National avg.	Difference
Home Price	$1,669,400.00	$184,700.00	803.8%
Avg. Mortgage Payment	$3,730.18	$2,346.69	59.0%
Apartment Rent	$0.00	$949.00	100.0%

Transportation

Item	Water Mill	National avg.	Difference
Gasoline	$3.47	$3.46	0.2%
Tire Balancing	$63.33	$59.92	5.7%

Utilities

Item	Water Mill	National avg.	Difference
All Electricity	$296.64	$193.99	52.9%
Phone	$185.16	$192.25	3.7%

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.
Dering Harbor, NY	0	109	9.5%
Northville village, NY	1,018	101	1.3%
Flanders, NY	5,170	131	31.2%
Aquebogue, NY	1,996	147	47.4%
Greenport, NY	2,058	150	50.4%
Water Mill, NY	1,860	348	247.8%

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Cost of Living Index	National Avg.
Conesus Lake, NY	1,860	105	4.7%
Whitehead, MB	1,860	n/a
Port Henry, NY	1,859	94	6.1%
McMechen, WV	1,861	79	20.9%
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, QC	1,861	n/a
Water Mill, NY	1,860	348	247.8%

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 Water Mill, NY