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Cost of Living in Phoenix
Summary about cost of living in Phoenix:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 2,905.74$ without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 832.11$ without rent.
- Cost of living rank 221st out of 530 cities in the world.
- Phoenix has a cost of living index of 66.22.
| Restaurants | [ Edit ] | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 15.50 $ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 55.00 $ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 7.50 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 4.00 $ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 5.00 $ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 4.31 $ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (11.2 oz small bottle) | 1.68 $ | |
| Water (11.2 oz small bottle) | 1.34 $ | |
| Markets | [ Edit ] | |
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 2.03 $ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 2.14 $ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.76 $ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 2.11 $ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 4.49 $ | |
| Chicken Breasts (Boneless, Skinless), (1 lb) | 3.83 $ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 5.37 $ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 1.07 $ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 0.65 $ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 1.28 $ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 1.23 $ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 1.04 $ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 0.88 $ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 1.16 $ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 1.68 $ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 10.00 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 1.58 $ | |
| Imported Beer (11.2 oz small bottle) | 2.71 $ | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 7.90 $ | |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] | |
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 2.00 $ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 64.00 $ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 3.50 $ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 2.25 $ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 30.00 $ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 2.64 $ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 21,760.00 $ | |
| Toyota Corolla 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 21,105.00 $ | |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] | |
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 168.73 $ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.11 $ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 68.91 $ | |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] | |
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 29.17 $ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 5.16 $ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 10.00 $ | |
| Childcare | [ Edit ] | |
| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 661.67 $ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 14,200.00 $ | |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] | |
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 45.28 $ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 36.76 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 73.90 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 92.80 $ | |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 1,154.08 $ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 840.42 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 1,770.75 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,348.90 $ | |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 199.29 $ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 130.99 $ | |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] | |
| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 3,055.69 $ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 4.30 |
Prices in Phoenix, Arizona
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Last update: September 2018
Last update: September 2018
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26 Comments so far
LOL, what's up with all this hatred for Phoenix? I relocated from Tucson earlier this year and think it's a great city. Living as a citizen in the upper middle class may give me "warped" view, but seriously some the things on this page are ridiculous! Let me help!
Phoenix Pros:
- Low cost of living (at least that's what they tell me, but I'm in college full time making less than 20k a year- everything is expensive to me.) If you make more than that or even better HAVE JOINT INCOME, you should do swell!
- Updated highways make it easy to get across the city and make decent time. If you consider 30-45 minutes PEAK traffic through 20 miles bad- please move back to Montana
- Nice weather from October- Mid May
- Great Mexican food
- Most of the population is pretty friendly
- Beautiful sunsets and scenic landscapes
- Lots of shopping centers (if you're into that- if not avoid them)
Cons:
- Yes, it's hot as heck in summer- it's a DESERT
- Occasional dust storms/ minor to serious monsoon flooding depending on the area
- Traffic during peak hours 6-9 AM & 3-7 ish PM is bad, but bearable
- Big cities mean more people which equals some crime, but I've never bumped into a drug lord midday on the street or been kidnapped and sold into the sex trade (knocks on wood) so...
- Yes, some people here are racist- it is Trump's America (unfortunately), maybe you should have voted- but it's in no way comparable to how deplorable people are in the East/South
-Lacks culture
The police are very corrupt, some areas feel like Mexico and racism is rampant from all sides. No race comes out clean in Arizona. Do you have interracial kids? Dont move to Arizona. The whole place is so divided they will be rejected by everyone.
Traffic is insane and no one can drive. The I17 has fatalities all the time from drunks and wrong way drivers, avoid it at all costs.
The weather is horrible. You think you want sun, but not this much 300 days a year will look exactly the same and it will make you feel like nothing is moving forward.
Crime is getting out of control. I dont even feel comfortable with my kids out back alone anymore.
Arizona is basically just an extension of California now. If you have a family, look elsewhere, this is no place to raise kids
Coming into a small towns-- from OFF the highways, the speed limits drops from 65 mph to 35 mph!!! And guess WHO'S waiting for you??? --> HIDDING TO "BUSH-WACK" YOU!!! One such BASTARD stole $200.00 dollars, my gift to buy my grandson his birthday bike! (Who lived in Phonex). I filed a complain at the headquarters in Goodyear, they told me: "That this only happens in Mexico"! "And how do we know you had $200.00 in your wallet? I showed the "Ass-hole" my recipe from the bank-withdrawal from my bank which had the "time STAMPED on the withdrawal of the $200.00." And the time against the ticket written was "Exactly 6-hours" my starting point in San Diego, CA. Arriving at Buckeye, traveling at 65-mph (more or less). (TWO) I was crossing a street in Mesa, AZ. I am a long distance runner. There is a high school with a dirt-running track, which I run. One day I am waiting for the light to change, there at the corner, with me were 3-high school girls talking and not paying attention to the changing of the light. When the light changed I went across the road. I was in the cross walk! When this man came directly at me in the crosswalk!! I immediately jumped backwards out of the car's wheels!!! Then the young "WHITE man" laughed at me . . . as he sped pass me. I spit at his auto, hitting the back window. He slowed down and turned around and came at me with the car. I RAN at his car, as he got out. I did not know if he had a gun or a knife, or a razor, or brass knuckles. So when he opened the car door, I BEAT THE HELL out of him!! Then I waited about 45-minutes for a cop to come to arrest him for ATTEMPTED MURDER, or RECKLESS DRIVING, but when the police finally arrived, they arrested me, and took me off to jail . . . (?) When I saw the judge--Allen, I told him the story . . . He answered my story by saying: "When the man came out of his car, YOU SHOULD HAVE RAN THE OTHER WAY!" "WHAT???" I countered. "This guy came after me with a "BULLET ON WHEELS!!" I was fined "$1,300.00 dollars for the blood on his CHEAP clothes and tie. And now have ASSULT and BATTERY on my RECORD!!! This is a "RACIST/CORRUPT-STATE"!!!! You have been WARNED!
The population split in Arizona, according to the 2010 US Census, is Black: 4.4 percent, Indian: 4.9 percent, Asian: 2.6 percent, Hispanic: 30.8 percent, White: 57.3 percent. White (non-hispanics) are the majority. Now to make this comment more concise, I will only compare statistics between Hispanics and Whites. 43.3% of all robberies in Arizona are done by Hispanics, 31% by whites. 42.5% of rape is committed by Hispanics, 38% by whites. 38% of murders in Arizona are from Hispanics, and 39% by Whites. In 2 of the 3 categories listed, Hispanic crimes exceed white crimes though the population of Hispanics is almost half that of whites. The median income for Non-Hispanics in Arizona is $51,462 whereas the median income for Hispanics is roughly $36,023. The majority of the wealth generated in the state comes from whites and the majority of the crime in the state comes from Hispanics. There has been a noticeable trend of whites moving Southeast and Northwest to cities like Gilbert, Chandler, Awhutukee, Peoria, and Anthem. For this comment, we'll use Gilbert as an example. Gilbert houses a population of roughly 75% whites. In 2016, Gilbert has been ranked the 2nd safest city, with a population over 200,000, in the US. The median income in Gilbert is $85,187. If the whites in Arizona decided to "move to England" as you suggest, then you would see a huge decrease in state-generated wealth.
My main point to this comment is that everyone has a reason to complain, but when there are facts to back up your complaints, they seem more reasonable. You complain about people complaining about minorities, yet you tell us to "move to England." Your hypocrisy and lack of logical support makes you look stupid. I suggest YOU learn to live with the majority. If you can't, then try living in your "home-country" for a bit. Compare the population of your own kind to the current mixed population you're living with. Let me know which living situation is more pleasant.
I moved to mesa 11 yrs ago from Texas. If you are thinking of moving to Mesa, it is growing very quickly. I would consider if I had children to look at Gilbert area or if you can afford Gold Canyon is awesome, along with the N. Side of town up by the McDowell mountains- really beautiful. Mesa is old. They are trying to revamp and have several big name companies moving in (Apple), which may bring a youth vibe to the place. San Tan Valley is growing but there are problems with sink holes there. If you must, look at new subdivisions in our area and remember to get a good home water filtration system. Crime is average here and there are areas of Mesa are bad for drugs including Country Club/southern all the way to 202, just West of the downtown area, apache junction I would say stay away from and all along Main St. on the right and left side. There are some nice homes near Brown Rd/Power and your backyard is so close to Cat Mountain and Four Peaks area.
i live in sweden but i want to buy house in Mesa AZ and move thier so can ay one advise me to move or not ? i have to child 5-9 years so what you think please tell me -
Kind regards
Here's the pros and cons:
Pros:
1)SUPER SUPER SUPER CHEAP CHEAP RENT EVERYWHERE. I've been able to consistently find rent thats $550 a month for two bedrooms avg 700sq ft. Sometimes I've been able to see a studio go for $250 a month. just look up cheap areas on zillow.
2) very very inexpensive to live in phoenix. Great thrift stores. Cheap produce.
3) people are very tolerant and friendly. very accepting and willing to help each other. Great place to socialize.
Now the CONS.
1) ridiculously hot weather (110 degrees+ for about three months.) hot temperature begins in may and ends at the end of october (sometimes) It makes it impossible to go outside, and absolutely destroys things that are outdoors. Make sure to never keep your pets outside during these months!
2) minority and drug related violence. LOTS of this. I've lived in the ghettos, and they arent as bad as one would think.. but I'm white so people generally leave me alone. I'd stay away from areas like this if you're a minority.
3) trashy trashy trashy filthy filthy ugly ugly city. very LOUD too.
4)evil corrupt government that stifles business owners, people on disability, and generally anyone who's poor. If you're disabled, please dont live here. They're more likely to take away your benefits and give you medical headaches. also poor poor medical institutions here. Also if you want to start a business? forget it!
- Lots of traffic accidents. Terrible, aggressive drivers. Some of the worst in the country.
- Crime seems worse than in past years.
- Professionals spend more per capita on "extravagances" like spa treatments than any other city, so there is an effete, living-beyond-your-means mentality there.
- The whole city is basically a giant strip mall surrounded by bland stucco, cookie-cutter developments.
- Not a lot of "culture". Only a small pocket in central Phoenix where hippies live. Downtown Tempe is nice to look at, but when you look closer, even it is lacking in terms of vibrancy. Mesa is old and kind of crummy. Tempe isn't as nice as it used to be.
- Very difficult to find a Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc.
- Almost no grocery stores in central Tempe. I don't get it.
- Good to excellent restaurants all over.
In general, it's a fast-paced, workaholic city, with some decent outlying areas like Scottsdale, pretty good sports venues and sports fans. People there are also obsessed with hiking and running.
Rents are too high, I find. Small 1 bedroom is 800 minimum, plus utilities. Studios for 600 and up. Rooms for rent are high, it's hard to find something that includes all utilities for under 500-600, unless it's a total craphole.