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
Topeka is the state-capital affordability market in Kansas, promoted in source-ready batch 03 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, 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 Topeka minus Garden City.
| Metric | Garden City | Topeka | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $824 | $946 | +$122 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $235,086 | $206,400 | -$28,686 | Topeka | Topeka has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $197/mo | $180/mo | -$17/mo | Topeka | Topeka has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 101 | 97 | -4 | Topeka | Topeka has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $42,917 | $47,700 | +$4,783 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 83/100 | 84/100 | +1 | Topeka | Topeka has the higher move score. |