2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Cabot, AR vs Lake Charles, LA

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Is it cheaper to live in Lake Charles or is it cheaper to live in Cabot?
- Lake Charles is 2.2% more expensive than Cabot.

Which city has more affordable housing, Lake Charles or Cabot?
- Lake Charles housing costs are 3.3% more expensive than Cabot housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Cabot or is Health Care more affordable in Lake Charles.
- Health related expenses are 11.1% more in Lake Charles.
 Cabot, ARLake Charles, LAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock84.1100
 Food & Groceries96.8  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock101.9100
 Housing60.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$179,400$338,100
 Utilities98  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock89.1100
 Miscellaneous88.9  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Cabot    6 Reviews

Cabot is a bedroom community of Little Rock, but also a bedroom community to LRAFB and a service and businesses community for all the smaller surrounding towns. So while  More

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Over 6 years ago

It is a good place overall. It has lots of fast food places and lots of  More

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Over 15 years ago

Very nice rural  More

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Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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