Indiana University Cost of Living Index Compared to Selected Cities

*Source: Sperling’s Best Places

Cost-of-living comparison based on $16,000 income. The comparison includes food, housing, utilities,
transportation and health cost of living numbers.

City Composite Index

Bloomington, IN 93.3
Ann Arbor, MI 122.3
Boston, MA 169.9
Chapel Hill, NC 131
Chicago, IL 110.9
Los Angeles, CA 166.2
New Haven, CT 107.7
New York, NY 180
San Francisco, CA 272.6
Washington, DC 158.5

Other Big Ten/Midwest Institutions

Springfield, IL 83.3
Iowa City, IA 101.3
Minneapolis, MN 109.4
Lincoln, NE 92.3
Columbus, OH 84.3
State College, PA 113.5
West Lafayette, IN 95.5
Madison, WI 109.6