Cost of Living
3rd Quarter, 2026
| Component Weight Index | 100% | 15.00% | 29.53% | 8.45% | 8.71% | 4.80% | 33.51% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City & State | Composite | Grocery | Housing | Utilities | Transportation | Health | Misc. Services | |
| Columbia, MO | 89.7 | 95.2 | 79.7 | 95.6 | 87.6 | 97.0 | 94.1 | |
| Columbia, SC | 91.9 | 98.2 | 73.3 | 104.8 | 97.3 | 99.6 | 99.8 | |
| Decatur, AL | 83.3 | 94.4 | 67.6 | 84.4 | 88.6 | 109.3 | 86.8 | |
| Jackson, TN | Did not report for Q3 2026* | |||||||
| Jacksonville, FL | 90.5 | 104.3 | 77.6 | 94.0 | 82.7 | 110.3 | 94.0 | |
| Jonesboro, AR | 82.4 | 92.4 | 64.4 | 102.5 | 86.6 | 75.6 | 88.4 | |
| Knoxville, TN | 86.6 | 98.6 | 76.0 | 89.0 | 83.2 | 87.7 | 90.8 | |
| Lexington, KY | 94.3 | 100.7 | 85.0 | 87.1 | 88.5 | 96.8 | 102.5 | |
| Memphis, TN | 87.9 | 96.2 | 78.9 | 80.7 | 86.3 | 86.3 | 94.4 | |
| Montgomery, AL | 87.3 | 96.3 | 74.0 | 107.1 | 91.9 | 77.0 | 90.1 | |
| Roanoke, VA | 91.2 | 97.8 | 76.7 | 109.9 | 92.2 | 94.5 | 95.4 | |
| Savannah, GA | 88.4 | 100.6 | 69.1 | 95.8 | 100.5 | 98.3 | 93.6 | |
| Chattanooga, TN | 84.9 | 97.5 | 70.3 | 86.8 | 85.7 | 85.2 | 91.4 | |
| Dalton, GA | 85.3 | 95.8 | 67.1 | 86.2 | 85.7 | 93.7 | 95.2 | |
* Jackson, TN did not report for the 3rd Quarter, 2026 index. Its last figures shown on this page were for the 1st Quarter, 2026: Composite 90.3, Grocery 94.1, Housing 76.1, Utilities 85.0, Transportation 93.3, Health 80.7, Misc. Services 103.0. C2ER advises that index values from different quarters should not be compared with each other.
Source: C2ER Cost of Living Index, Comparative Data for Urban Areas, Quarter 3, 2026 Data (published October 2026). The average for all participating places equals 100.