Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
New York
Binghamton is a supplemental starter city profile for the lower-cost upstate regional market in New York, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
New York
Albany is the state-capital comparison market, useful for checking government and healthcare wages, housing costs, taxes, winter utilities, and upstate access.
Comparison
Binghamton has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Binghamton has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Albany minus Binghamton.
| Metric | Binghamton | Albany | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,294 | $1,634 | +$340 | Binghamton | Binghamton has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $183,584 | $324,670 | +$141,086 | Binghamton | Binghamton has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $256/mo | $230/mo | -$26/mo | Albany | Albany has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 119 | 112 | -7 | Albany | Albany has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $82,185 | $95,000 | +$12,815 | Binghamton | Binghamton has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 66/100 | 65/100 | -1 | Binghamton | Binghamton has the higher move score. |