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
Wichita is the aviation and regional 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 Wichita minus Garden City.
| Metric | Garden City | Wichita | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $824 | $1,247 | +$423 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $235,086 | $283,200 | +$48,114 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $197/mo | $168/mo | -$29/mo | Wichita | Wichita has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 101 | 94 | -7 | Wichita | Wichita has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $42,917 | $60,420 | +$17,503 | Garden City | Garden City has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 83/100 | 83/100 | 0 | Even | Move score is the same in both cities. |