2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Arkadelphia, AR vs Lancaster, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Lancaster or is it cheaper to live in Arkadelphia?
- Lancaster is 130.3% more expensive than Arkadelphia.

Which city has more affordable housing, Lancaster or Arkadelphia?
- Lancaster housing costs are 256.1% more expensive than Arkadelphia housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Arkadelphia or is Health Care more affordable in Lancaster.
- Health related expenses are 2.7% less in Lancaster.
 Arkadelphia, ARLancaster, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock161.7100
 Food & Groceries93.9  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock88.9100
 Housing37.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$415,800$338,100
 Utilities96  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock119.2100
 Miscellaneous85.1  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Arkadelphia    3 Reviews

I attended Henderson State University which is one of the two colleges in Arkadelphia. I came from a different town in Arkansas that had much more to do, so Arkadelphia  More

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Over 15 years ago

Arkadelphia has a water park, two or three parks, its just a few minutes to get to beautiful Lake DeGray. Hot Springs has the other things that you might want to go to  More

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Over 18 years ago

Two large Universitys dominate the town and compete with each other. In general the town is orderly and neat with a true Old South feeling. Most of the citizens are  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  More

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