Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Kansas
Garden City is a supplemental starter city profile for the western Kansas regional market in Kansas, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Kansas
Kansas City is the border-metro comparison market in Kansas, promoted in source-ready batch 03 for comparisons around housing, wages, commute costs, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
Comparison
Garden City has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Garden City has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Kansas City minus Garden City.
| Metric | Garden City | Kansas City | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $824 | $1,075 | +$251 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $235,086 | $240,000 | +$4,914 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $197/mo | $174/mo | -$23/mo | Kansas City | Kansas City has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 101 | 95 | -6 | Kansas City | Kansas City has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $42,917 | $53,000 | +$10,083 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 83/100 | 80/100 | -3 | Garden City | Garden City has the higher move score. |