Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Idaho
Post Falls is a supplemental starter city profile for the Coeur d'Alene-area growth market in Idaho, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene is the lake-market housing and lifestyle market in Idaho, promoted in source-ready batch 03 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
Comparison
Post Falls has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Post Falls has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Coeur d'Alene minus Post Falls.
| Metric | Post Falls | Coeur d'Alene | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,746 | $1,747 | +$1 | Post Falls | Post Falls has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $530,937 | $604,956 | +$74,019 | Post Falls | Post Falls has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $192/mo | $192/mo | $0/mo | Even | Utilities is the same in both cities. |
| Groceries index | 104 | 104 | 0 | Even | Groceries index is the same in both cities. |
| Salary needed | $57,915 | $81,840 | +$23,925 | Post Falls | Post Falls has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 80/100 | 68/100 | -12 | Post Falls | Post Falls has the higher move score. |