Thursday, February 23, 2012     

Cost of Living

The Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce gathers pricing information for a cost-of-living report which is then compiled by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER).

According to the Q3 2011 version of the report, the Flagstaff composite cost of living index was 112.4, or 12.4% more than the national average. The composite index reflects pricing in six categories: housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, health care and miscellaneous goods and services. Each category is weighted differently:

Composite Index Housing(29.27% of Composite) Groceries(13.31% of Composite) Utilities(10.22% of Composite) Transportation(9.86% of Composite) Health Care(4.23% of Composite) Misc. (33.11% of Composite)
112.4 142.2 110.0 92.8 98.7 102.4 98.4