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Beaver Falls, PA vs Mechanicsburg, PA

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Is it cheaper to live in Mechanicsburg or is it cheaper to live in Beaver Falls?
- Mechanicsburg is 9.0% more expensive than Beaver Falls.

Which city has more affordable housing, Mechanicsburg or Beaver Falls?
- Mechanicsburg housing costs are 77.5% more expensive than Beaver Falls housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Beaver Falls or is Health Care more affordable in Mechanicsburg.
- Health related expenses are 18.5% more in Mechanicsburg.
 Beaver Falls, PAMechanicsburg, PAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock95.4100
 Food & Groceries98.6  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock111.4100
 Housing54.7  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$339,400$338,100
 Utilities101  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock85.9100
 Miscellaneous109.8  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Beaver Falls    2 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Let's see. I have lived in Beaver Falls for 2 1/2 years now. There are some positives and a lot of minimum wage jobs and it is only 40 minutes from Pittsburgh. Very  More

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Over 15 years ago

After looking at several areas in the area around Pittsburgh, I finally decided on a nice little house in Beaver Falls. Beaver Falls is about 35 miles north of  More

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Reviews for Mechanicsburg    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

We moved here in the summer of 2016 from out of state with high hopes and for all the right reasons > job, family (my husband, a Penn State grad, was born & raised in  More

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Over 12 years ago

Greetings everyone, I grew up in Allentown PA and moved to Mechanicsburg in 2000 when attempting to reconcile with my ex-wife. My son had just started kindergarten  More

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Over 16 years ago

It is reserve and  More

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