Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Maryland
Annapolis is the state-capital and coastal housing market in Maryland, promoted in source-ready batch 02 for comparisons around housing, wages, insurance, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
Maryland
Columbia is a supplemental starter city profile for the Baltimore-Washington family market in Maryland, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Comparison
Columbia has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Columbia has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Columbia minus Annapolis.
| Metric | Annapolis | Columbia | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,304 | $2,244 | -$60 | Columbia | Columbia has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $589,600 | $514,832 | -$74,768 | Columbia | Columbia has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $210/mo | $212/mo | +$2/mo | Annapolis | Annapolis has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 110 | 111 | +1 | Annapolis | Annapolis has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $102,920 | $82,357 | -$20,563 | Columbia | Columbia has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 65/100 | 74/100 | +9 | Columbia | Columbia has the higher move score. |