Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Tennessee
Cookeville is a supplemental starter city profile for the college and Upper Cumberland market in Tennessee, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Tennessee
Chattanooga is the river city jobs and lifestyle market in Tennessee, promoted in source-ready batch 01 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
Comparison
Cookeville has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Chattanooga has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Chattanooga minus Cookeville.
| Metric | Cookeville | Chattanooga | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,522 | $1,497 | -$25 | Chattanooga | Chattanooga has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $320,366 | $322,291 | +$1,925 | Cookeville | Cookeville has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $188/mo | $184/mo | -$4/mo | Chattanooga | Chattanooga has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 101 | 100 | -1 | Chattanooga | Chattanooga has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $55,661 | $55,800 | +$139 | Cookeville | Cookeville has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 85/100 | 82/100 | -3 | Cookeville | Cookeville has the higher move score. |