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Bakersfield, CA vs Carmel, IN

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Is it cheaper to live in Carmel or is it cheaper to live in Bakersfield?
- Carmel is 6.2% more expensive than Bakersfield.

Which city has more affordable housing, Carmel or Bakersfield?
- Carmel housing costs are 40.7% more expensive than Bakersfield housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Bakersfield or is Health Care more affordable in Carmel.
- Health related expenses are 8.6% more in Carmel.
 Bakersfield, CACarmel, INUnited States
 Overall  Unlock106.0100
 Food & Groceries99.0  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock99.5100
 Housing106.7  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$493,000$338,100
 Utilities112  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock90.5100
 Miscellaneous111.2  Unlock100
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

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Over 4 years ago

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

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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 Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Over 10 years ago

Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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