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Millcreek, UT vs Boise City, ID

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Is it cheaper to live in Boise City or is it cheaper to live in Millcreek?
- Boise City is 1.4% less expensive than Millcreek.

Which city has more affordable housing, Boise City or Millcreek?
- Boise City housing costs are 13.3% less expensive than Millcreek housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Millcreek or is Health Care more affordable in Boise City.
- Health related expenses are 1.0% less in Boise City.
 Millcreek, UTBoise City, IDUnited States
 Overall  Unlock119.6100
 Food & Groceries97.4  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock100.3100
 Housing196.4  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$478,900$338,100
 Utilities97  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock84.5100
 Miscellaneous109.3  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Millcreek    3 Reviews

Convenient, close to everything, groceries are VERY expensive, close to the canyons , TONS of traffic, cute coffee shops, but unfortunately very poor law enforcement  More

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This was a beautiful area where I enjoyed taking evening walks and going to the store , area is made up of upper middle class families and rents start at $900---- we are  More

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Best things about the Salt Lake City area are the winter sports opportunities and summer camping, fishing, hiking. Also we have a lower than avg unemployment rate. Crime  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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