COST OF LIVING

Based on ACCRA reports where 100 is average:

  • housing 118.1
  • utilities 93.5
  • transportation 95.7
  • health 99.8
  • groceries 103.3
  • misc. goods and services 96.4
  • composite 103.2

Median household income in 1996: $28,311

Below poverty level in 1989: 10.7%


Two-Location Living Cost Comparison-1996

Specifications
Family size: 5 Annual Income: 50,000 Housing Basis: Homeowner
PRE-MOVE
Standard City
POST-MOVE
Manitowoc City
AUTOMOBILES
-First Auto:
  • Make/Model:
  • Annual Miles:

-2nd Auto:

  • Make/Model:
  • Annual Miles:

1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
14,000



1992 Chevrolet Cavalier
6,000

1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
14,000



1992 Chevrolet Cavalier
6,000
HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
Rooms:
Bedrooms:
Baths:
Sq. Feet:

8
4
2.5
2,000
8
4
2.5
2,000
MORTGAGE CALCULATION
Mortgage age:
Interest rate:
Mortgage Length:
Down Pay %:
Down Pay Amount:

New
8.180%
30 yrs
20%
$32,600

New
8.360%
30 yrs
20%
$30,140
ORIGINAL HOME PRICE: $163,000
CURRENT HOME PRICE: $163,000 $150,700

Annual Costs & Differentials

Pre-Move Post-Move Differentials
INCOME TAXES: $9,004 $9,868 $ 864
TRANSPORTATION:
  • First Car:
  • Second Car:

$6,272
$1,127

$5,519
855




-1,025
HOUSING:
  • Mortgage (P&I):
  • Homeowner Insurance:
  • Real Estate Taxes:
  • Utilities:
  • Maintenance:

$11,679
$436
$2,485
$2,480
900

$10,981
271
3,481
2,360
880







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OTHER EXPENSES:
  • Goods & Services:
  • Sales Taxes:
  • Miscellaneous:

$14,093
$447
1,077

$13,142
590
1,077





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TOTALS: $50,000 49,024 -976
INDEX: $100 $98 -$2.0