2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Austin, TX vs Frisco, TX

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Is it cheaper to live in Frisco or is it cheaper to live in Austin?
- Frisco is 13.5% less expensive than Austin.

Which city has more affordable housing, Frisco or Austin?
- Frisco housing costs are 7.6% less expensive than Austin housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Austin or is Health Care more affordable in Frisco.
- Health related expenses are 0.6% less in Frisco.
 Austin, TXFrisco, TXUnited States
 Overall  Unlock111.7100
 Food & Groceries96.7  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock101.0100
 Housing189.0  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$653,100$338,100
 Utilities99  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock92.8100
 Miscellaneous105.9  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Frisco    23 Reviews

If I had to select a sister city that reminds me of Frisco, it would be Irvine California in the county of Orange. Super safe city, great police and school districts,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived here for 25 years, honestly, its the safest, most clean place in the USA. You just cant go wrong moving here. Many of the low rankings on this site are  More

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Amir · 
Over 3 years ago

Most overhyped city in the area. I wrote another post detailing this but wasn’t posted here for some reason. They purposely overhype the city through any means possible  More

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