2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Victorville, CA vs Merced, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Merced or is it cheaper to live in Victorville?
- Merced is 8.0% less expensive than Victorville.

Which city has more affordable housing, Merced or Victorville?
- Merced housing costs are 3.5% less expensive than Victorville housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Victorville or is Health Care more affordable in Merced.
- Health related expenses are 39.9% more in Merced.
 Victorville, CAMerced, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock109.1100
 Food & Groceries97.8  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock121.3100
 Housing114.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$373,000$338,100
 Utilities116  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock101.1100
 Miscellaneous110.6  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Victorville    29 Reviews

Real Estate Agents from company MVP Realty SoCal, Teresa Roberts and Mona Patel in VICTORVILLE, CA commit scam, extortion, conspiracy, and fraud resulting in a 15  More

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I'm so sick of all "This isn't the Victorville or High Desert it was back when I grew up here in the 80's or 70's!" reviews and comments on local online community  More

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In the early 2000s lots of cheap homes were built which attracted a lot of people from east LA and other terrible areas. Soon after the first gang unit was created in  More

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Reviews for Merced    44 Reviews

Merced is totally slept on - you want a little bit of everything CA has to offer, at a fraction of the price of other CA cities? Merced is the place to go. The town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Good place to live. More affordable than most of california. The city is growing and there is alot of business and growth here. Moved from the Bay area years ago and  More

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Great place to live. Lots of progress and changes coming to the city. Great place to raise a family. UC Merced is expanding and businesses are investing. Downtown is  More

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