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Mountain Home, AR vs Corbin, KY

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Is it cheaper to live in Corbin or is it cheaper to live in Mountain Home?
- Corbin is 5.0% less expensive than Mountain Home.

Which city has more affordable housing, Corbin or Mountain Home?
- Corbin housing costs are 25.9% less expensive than Mountain Home housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Mountain Home or is Health Care more affordable in Corbin.
- Health related expenses are 10.3% more in Corbin.
 Mountain Home, ARCorbin, KYUnited States
 Overall  Unlock70.8100
 Food & Groceries95.1  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock101.7100
 Housing51.4  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$154,000$338,100
 Utilities97  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock71.4100
 Miscellaneous82.3  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Mountain Home    14 Reviews

As for the haters- ANYONE should know something about ANY area before they jump in- if you do not do your research and purposely spend some time in any area before  More

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I lived in Mountain Home in the 60s ,70s, and part of the 80s. The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving there. I want to go back. We have smog, dirty air, fires from  More

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Over 8 years ago

First of all, let me head off some of the arguments that usually accompany critical reviews: the people who live here are for the most part, warm, welcoming, friendly  More

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Reviews for Corbin    8 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Good ole boys in a good ole  More

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Over 17 years ago

The local independent/city school Corbin Independent School Systems, is a very good system, particularly for the area. There are two nearby colleges in the surrounding  More

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Over 19 years ago

Corbin is a nice enough town to raise your kids or grandkids in, since its quiet and relatively safe of bad crimes compared to much of the rest of the USA, but if you  More

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