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Price, UT vs Chico, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Chico or is it cheaper to live in Price?
- Chico is 37.7% more expensive than Price.

Which city has more affordable housing, Chico or Price?
- Chico housing costs are 113.7% more expensive than Price housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Price or is Health Care more affordable in Chico.
- Health related expenses are 5.1% more in Chico.
 Price, UTChico, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock110.3100
 Food & Groceries90.9  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock120.8100
 Housing68.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$440,000$338,100
 Utilities97  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock84.9100
 Miscellaneous81.1  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Price    3 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I just moved here from Arizona. Before that I lived in Layton and kaysville. I love it here! It's quiet, everything you need is literally minutes away. Hardly any  More

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I was here for a short time when I first came to Utah. I thought it was a nice city, with friendly people. People did wish me well, and it seemed peaceful and  More

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Over 11 years ago

A small town with all the benefits. An hour or less from almost anything you could need - shopping to boating , fishing to hiking you name it and all this with one of  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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