2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Boonville, IN vs Bakersfield, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Bakersfield or is it cheaper to live in Boonville?
- Bakersfield is 13.7% more expensive than Boonville.

Which city has more affordable housing, Bakersfield or Boonville?
- Bakersfield housing costs are 84.9% more expensive than Boonville housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Boonville or is Health Care more affordable in Bakersfield.
- Health related expenses are 0.9% less in Bakersfield.
 Boonville, INBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock99.8100
 Food & Groceries91.8  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock91.6100
 Housing57.7  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$349,300$338,100
 Utilities102  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock103.6100
 Miscellaneous96.3  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Boonville    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Nice area of the  More

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Over 16 years ago

Sorry, your information is completely wrong. The median home cost is much more than $81,000 and the school classroom sizes are well over 19 students per teacher.   More

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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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