Relocation Assessor Extract
Selected Location: Starkville, Mississippi, United States
Student Cost of Living for Consumables as a percentage of the U.S. National Norm: 68%
Note:
The above "consumables" percentage assumes a minimum wage earner or student sharing an apartment and paying minimum taxes. Consumables include convenience food items combined with weighted pricing patterns found in grocery and drug stores. The impact of consumables varies by earnings level - college students' consumable expenses might consume 50% of their income while it may impact only 20% of a professional's earnings. In the latter case, COL is more affected by home ownership versus rent decisions, residence size, personal income taxes, and cost of services, transportation, and miscellaneous items. ERI's Relocation Assessor® is a software application that analyzes and compares these items between and among any of 10,000 cities. Unlimited numbers of comparisons are available between any two cities/areas at any earnings level. For more information on ERI's Relocation Assessor, click here.