2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Pepper Pike, OH vs Carmel, IN

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Is it cheaper to live in Carmel or is it cheaper to live in Pepper Pike?
- Carmel is 27.7% more expensive than Pepper Pike.

Which city has more affordable housing, Carmel or Pepper Pike?
- Carmel housing costs are 23.2% less expensive than Pepper Pike housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Pepper Pike or is Health Care more affordable in Carmel.
- Health related expenses are 20.2% more in Carmel.
 Pepper Pike, OHCarmel, INUnited States
 Overall  Unlock106.0100
 Food & Groceries97.9  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock99.5100
 Housing195.5  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$493,000$338,100
 Utilities94  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock90.5100
 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 Pepper Pike    1 Reviews

I have lived in Pepper Pike for 10 years and in the Cleveland area since 1985. This is one of the most beautiful, quiet, and well managed cities in northeast Ohio. I  More

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Reviews for Carmel    26 Reviews

I moved to Carmel from France and I lived there for 20 years. I moved to Indianapolis recently (I miss Carmel). I liked Carmel because it is clean, safe, pretty, it has  More

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This place has just about every corporate chain hotel imaginable. I come for business, and it is a nice place to do business. Carmel seems to sucking the corporate  More

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Carmel is hands down the best place to live in  More

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