Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Pennsylvania
Reading is a lower-cost regional market in Pennsylvania, useful for starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Pennsylvania
York is a supplemental starter city profile for the south-central Pennsylvania affordability market in Pennsylvania, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Comparison
Reading has the lower salary-needed estimate, while York has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as York minus Reading.
| Metric | Reading | York | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,441 | $1,351 | -$90 | York | York has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $264,716 | $278,433 | +$13,717 | Reading | Reading has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $208/mo | $204/mo | -$4/mo | York | York has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 105 | 104 | -1 | York | York has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $53,300 | $53,381 | +$81 | Reading | Reading has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 78/100 | 84/100 | +6 | York | York has the higher move score. |