Cost comparison
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Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Hopkinsville salary needed$40,848
Lexington salary needed$54,000
Lexington rent difference+$46
Lexington score difference-5
Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville is a supplemental starter city profile for the western Kentucky regional market in Kentucky, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
- Median rent: $1,054
- Home price: $194,263
- Salary needed: $40,848
- Move score: 84/100
Kentucky
Lexington
Lexington is the university and healthcare market in Kentucky, promoted in source-ready batch 02 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
- Median rent: $1,100
- Home price: $245,000
- Salary needed: $54,000
- Move score: 79/100
Comparison
Hopkinsville vs Lexington
Hopkinsville has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Hopkinsville has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Lexington minus Hopkinsville.
| Metric | Hopkinsville | Lexington | Difference | Advantage | Why |
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| Median rent | $1,054 | $1,100 | +$46 | Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $194,263 | $245,000 | +$50,737 | Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $201/mo | $176/mo | -$25/mo | Lexington | Lexington has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 103 | 96 | -7 | Lexington | Lexington has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $40,848 | $54,000 | +$13,152 | Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 84/100 | 79/100 | -5 | Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville has the higher move score. |