2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Cathedral City, CA vs Litchfield Park, AZ

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Is it cheaper to live in Litchfield Park or is it cheaper to live in Cathedral City?
- Litchfield Park is 13.9% less expensive than Cathedral City.

Which city has more affordable housing, Litchfield Park or Cathedral City?
- Litchfield Park housing costs are 9.3% more expensive than Cathedral City housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Cathedral City or is Health Care more affordable in Litchfield Park.
- Health related expenses are 6.0% more in Litchfield Park.
 Cathedral City, CALitchfield Park, AZUnited States
 Overall  Unlock113.0100
 Food & Groceries98.7  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock92.5100
 Housing144.5  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$519,200$338,100
 Utilities113  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock125.4100
 Miscellaneous112.1  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Cathedral City    3 Reviews

Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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Reviews for Litchfield Park    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I lived in LP from May 2005 to Aug 2019, and I must say that it was a very nice area. It gives small town living, with moderate (Goodyear and Avondale) to big city  More

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Over 16 years ago

I've been teaching in AZ for 5 years. I came from CA where I taught for 4 years. I have never been so unhappy teaching than I have been in AZ. There is so much pressure  More

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Everything that you need and want is very accesiable. Traffic is much easier to deal then most parts of Phoenix. Stores are opening up all the time, and there is so much  More

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