Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Massachusetts
Boston is the high-cost jobs, transit, and healthcare market in Massachusetts, promoted in source-ready batch 01 for comparisons around housing, wages, transit, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
Massachusetts
Brockton is a supplemental starter city profile for the South Shore regional affordability market in Massachusetts, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Comparison
Brockton has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Brockton has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Brockton minus Boston.
| Metric | Boston | Brockton | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,944 | $2,259 | -$685 | Brockton | Brockton has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $871,000 | $506,468 | -$364,532 | Brockton | Brockton has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $247/mo | $250/mo | +$3/mo | Boston | Boston has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 117 | 118 | +1 | Boston | Boston has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $124,000 | $92,700 | -$31,300 | Brockton | Brockton has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 59/100 | 69/100 | +10 | Brockton | Brockton has the higher move score. |