| Bakersfield, CA | Fort Collins, CO | United States |
Overall | 99.8 | 115.7 | 100 |
Food & Groceries | 99.0 | 101.1 | 100 |
Health | 91.6 | 87.5 | 100 |
Housing | 106.7 | 167.2 | 100 |
Median Home Cost | $349,300 | $544,900 | $338,100 |
Utilities | 11,170.0% | 9,130.0% | 10,000.0% |
Transportation | 103.6 | 87.4 | 100 |
Miscellaneous | 111.2 | 152.5 | 100 |
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Bakersfield 75 Reviews
I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer More
I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there More
I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I More
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Reviews for Fort Collins 71 Reviews
Moved my family here a few months ago and have been so disappointed. Housing is dismal - you get low quality and almost nothing for what you’re paying. The house we’re More
There is a high cost of living in all of Colorado, and there is a train that runs through the town a honks its horn for about 5 min straight which is very annoying More
My family established our home in Larimer County in 1973; this area, Fort Collins, was a quaint, western-ish town we loved to visit. So I’ve visited FoCo multiple times More
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