County cost-of-living & salary comparison

Moving? Hiring remotely? Compare any two of 3,144 US counties on real rent, home value, income, and property tax — and see the salary you'd need to keep your lifestyle. Real Census data, county-level (not the usual state averages).

Method: the housing-cost index = a county's median gross rent vs the US median (US = 100). Salary adjustment scales your pay by the rent ratio between counties (housing is the biggest local-cost driver). Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2023 ACS 5-Year), public domain. Counties with too few responses (tiny population) may lack some values. Developers: /api/v1/county?search=.