Cost comparison

Compare Cities

Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.

Anniston salary needed$39,520
Mobile salary needed$45,900
Mobile rent difference+$344
Mobile score difference-1

Alabama

Anniston

Anniston is a supplemental starter city profile for the east Alabama regional affordability market in Alabama, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.

  • Median rent: $957
  • Home price: $147,740
  • Salary needed: $39,520
  • Move score: 83/100

Alabama

Mobile

Mobile is the Gulf Coast port and insurance comparison market in Alabama, promoted in source-ready batch 02 for comparisons around housing, wages, insurance, utilities, benefits, and moving costs.

  • Median rent: $1,301
  • Home price: $197,044
  • Salary needed: $45,900
  • Move score: 82/100

Comparison

Anniston vs Mobile

Anniston has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Anniston has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Mobile minus Anniston.

MetricAnnistonMobileDifferenceAdvantageWhy
Median rent$957$1,301+$344AnnistonAnniston has the lower median rent.
Home price$147,740$197,044+$49,304AnnistonAnniston has the lower home price.
Utilities$199/mo$182/mo-$17/moMobileMobile has the lower utilities.
Groceries index10298-4MobileMobile has the lower groceries index.
Salary needed$39,520$45,900+$6,380AnnistonAnniston has the lower salary needed.
Move score83/10082/100-1AnnistonAnniston has the higher move score.