Missour’s sixth lowest cost of living was tied with Arkansas.
In general, the most expensive areas to live were Hawaii, Alaska, the Northeast, and the West Coast. The least expensive areas were the Midwest and Southern states.
MERIC derives the cost of living index for each state by averaging the indices of participating cities and metropolitan areas in that state.
Missouri’s cost of living index for 2024 was 88.7.
Rank | State | Index | Grocery | Housing | Utilities | Transportation | Health | Misc. |
6 | Missouri | 88.7 | 96.0 | 77.8 | 98.8 | 87.2 | 91.8 | 91.9 |
For more info:
https://meric.mo.gov/data/cost-living-data-series?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery