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St. Louis
has the ninth lowest cost of living among the top 20 metropolitan
areas.
 ACCRA,
the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association, produces
a quarterly cost-of-living index used to measure the cost of living
among metropolitan areas. (U.S. Average = 100.0)
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| San Francisco |
181.0 |
| New York |
170.4 |
| Los Angeles |
147.4 |
| San Diego |
138.0 |
| Washington
D.C. |
137.7 |
| Boston |
135.0 |
| Chicago |
131.1 |
| Philadelphia |
120.4 |
| Seattle |
119.5 |
| Miami |
116.2 |
| Minneapolis |
110.2 |
| St.
Louis |
105.8 |
| Cleveland* |
101.8 |
| Detroit |
100.3 |
| Phoenix |
97.2 |
| Dallas |
96.1 |
| Atlanta |
95.6 |
| Baltimore |
95.0 |
| Tampa
Bay |
93.0 |
| Houston |
90.9 |
Greater St. Louis offers a wide variety of housing to choose from
at affordable prices. The median home price is $115,567. A typical
management transferee home—a 2,200 square foot home with four bedrooms,
2.5 baths, a family room and two-car garage—can be purchased at
an average price of $193,466.
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| Houston |
$116,250 |
| Tampa |
$221,667 |
| St.
Louis |
$193,466 |
| Cleveland |
$199,000 |
| Phoenix |
$242,333 |
| Dallas |
$228,775 |
| Denver |
$284,225 |
| Detroit |
$282,600 |
| Atlanta |
$271,250 |
| Minneapolis |
$342,875 |
| Seattle |
$326,250 |
| Philadelphia |
$453,000 |
| San Diego |
$425,332 |
| Washington
D.C. |
$466,225 |
| Miami |
$588,000 |
| New
York |
$583,000 |
| Chicago |
$610,375 |
| Boston |
$704,480 |
| Los Angeles |
$705,317 |
| San
Francisco |
$971,750 |
Source: Coldwell Banker. *Most recent data available. Census Burea.
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