Cost comparison

Compare Cities

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

Kenai salary needed$68,400
Anchorage salary needed$86,640
Anchorage rent difference+$422
Anchorage score difference-1

Alaska

Kenai

Kenai is a Kenai Peninsula housing and energy market in Alaska, useful for starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.

  • Median rent: $1,276
  • Home price: $324,324
  • Salary needed: $68,400
  • Move score: 67/100

Alaska

Anchorage

Anchorage is the largest-city supply and wage comparison market in Alaska, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, transportation, benefits, and moving costs.

  • Median rent: $1,698
  • Home price: $414,014
  • Salary needed: $86,640
  • Move score: 66/100

Comparison

Kenai vs Anchorage

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

MetricKenaiAnchorageDifferenceAdvantageWhy
Median rent$1,276$1,698+$422KenaiKenai has the lower median rent.
Home price$324,324$414,014+$89,690KenaiKenai has the lower home price.
Utilities$251/mo$239/mo-$12/moAnchorageAnchorage has the lower utilities.
Groceries index124121-3AnchorageAnchorage has the lower groceries index.
Salary needed$68,400$86,640+$18,240KenaiKenai has the lower salary needed.
Move score67/10066/100-1KenaiKenai has the higher move score.