Claim the Good Life
Life in the New West is built on the foundation of affordability and bolstered by a quality of life that is second to none. The Grand Valley’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 US
Denver
Grand Junction
San Jose
Salt Lake City
Austin
Chicago
New York
Benchmark is U.S. average at 100.
Source: For Denver and Grand Junction, we’ve used the C2ER Cost of Living Index, which was released in October 2019. For all others, we’ve used Sperling’s Best Places (where Grand Junction is a 102 and Denver 144.2)
Cost of Living: Grand Valley’s major communities
| Grand Junction | Fruita | Palisade | |
| Overall | 99.1 | 110 | 112 |
| Housing | 98.5 | 139 | 140 |
| Health | 106.4 | 94 | 94 |
| Grocery | 107.5 | 106.8 | 106.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 97 | 95 | 96 |
| Transportation | 107.6 | 97 | 102 |
| Utilities | 83.9 | 105 | 101 |
Cost of living: major Colorado communities
GRAND VALLEY | Denver | Boulder | Fort Collins |
Overall | 112.8 | 187 | 129 |
Housing | 138.5 | 381 | 202 |
Health | 104.2 | 96 | 93 |
Grocery | 98 | 95.5 | 95.5 |
Miscellaneous | 108.5 | 108 | 100 |
Transportation | 104 | 110 | 100 |
Utilities | 80.8 | 93 | 100 |