2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Urbana, IL vs Pleasant Grove, UT

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Is it cheaper to live in Pleasant Grove or is it cheaper to live in Urbana?
- Pleasant Grove is 44.5% more expensive than Urbana.

Which city has more affordable housing, Pleasant Grove or Urbana?
- Pleasant Grove housing costs are 226.3% more expensive than Urbana housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Urbana or is Health Care more affordable in Pleasant Grove.
- Health related expenses are 8.7% less in Pleasant Grove.
 Urbana, ILPleasant Grove, UTUnited States
 Overall  Unlock117.2100
 Food & Groceries94.3  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock101.7100
 Housing50.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$507,400$338,100
 Utilities96  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock91.2100
 Miscellaneous135.5  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Urbana    7 Reviews

This town is horrendous. I cannot figure out why they think they are so important, as they wouldn't even exist if the college was not here. Just another worthless 40,000  More

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Over 16 years ago

Greetings: Urbana is a good college town to live but it comes with the usual dependency on the university for most of its cultural entertainment. Thankfully, it has a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Urbana really doesn't have much in the way recreation unless, your into the partying scene and even then there are only a few hangout places. Urbana is more of a  More

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Reviews for Pleasant Grove    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

close to good biking  More

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Pleasant Grove has a small-town feel, but is very near to the large cities of Provo, Orem, and American Fork, with SLC just about 45 min away. It is a lovely, clean town  More

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Over 17 years ago

One of the reasons I moved to Pleasant Grove is minimal traffic. There are some tough spots, but mostly little traffic, no traffic jams and almost no  More

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