Cost of Living Comparison

Life in the Grand Junction area is built on the foundation of affordability and bolstered by a quality of life that is second to none. The Grand Junction area’s family-friendly neighborhoods, 10k miles of outdoor trails, and housing you can actually afford make it the place to claim the good life.

Cost of Living for Major Cities in the U.S.

Source: COLI Q3 2023 (Published October 31, 2023)

Denver

Grand Junction

San Francisco

Salt Lake City

Austin

Chicago

New York City

Cost of Living: Mesa County’s Major Communities

Source: Sperling’s BestPlaces

Grand Junction Fruita Palisade
Overall 96 102.0 109.3
Housing 97.0 123.0 121.7
Health Care 103.1 102.7 102.7
Grocery 107.0 103.0 102.9
Miscellaneous 100.4 94.9 96.3
Transportation 107.5 83.1 88.9
Utilities 88.0 104.5 100.8

Cost of living: major Colorado communities

Source: Sperling’s Best Places

Denver Colorado Springs Fort Collins
Overall 113.5 108.2 116.7
Housing 138.2 115.8 168.6
Health Care 102.6 100.2 96.4
Grocery 94.9 101.0 101.1
Miscellaneous 111.3 110.2 103.5
Transportation 111.7 103.1 87.4
Utilities 82.2 99.0 91.3

Benchmark is U.S. average at 100.
Source: Whenever possible, we use the C2ER Cost of Living Index (COLI), published in October 2023. If COLI data is unavailable, we use Sperling’s Best Places (where overall, Grand Junction is at 96 and Denver is at 127.8). For more information on where Sperling’s BestPlaces sources data, please visit bestplaces.net.

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