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
Somerville is a supplemental starter city profile for the Boston-adjacent transit and rental market in Massachusetts, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Comparison
Boston has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Boston has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Somerville minus Boston.
| Metric | Boston | Somerville | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,944 | $3,661 | +$717 | Boston | Boston has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $871,000 | $942,416 | +$71,416 | Boston | Boston has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $247/mo | $256/mo | +$9/mo | Boston | Boston has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 117 | 120 | +3 | Boston | Boston has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $124,000 | $127,720 | +$3,720 | Boston | Boston has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 59/100 | 60/100 | +1 | Somerville | Somerville has the higher move score. |