Comparison
Food
Housing
Utilities
Commute
Health
Taxes
Childcare
Personal
Upgrade to Premium

Elkins, West Virginia vs. Houston, Texas

Health Compare

Our Premium Cost of Living Calculator includes Health Indexes, Local Prices for Insurance Premiums, Common Surgery and Medical Procedures in Retirement and other must-know details. Click here to customize.

Health
  20.0% lower in Houston, Texas
than in Elkins, West Virginia
   Insurance cost
Elkins, WVHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium129.975.4100  42.0%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Elkins, WVHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack99.4106.5100  7.1%
Heart Failure90.1112.9100  25.3%
Hip Knee Replacement109.7103.2100  5.9%
Pneumonia97.8124.1100  26.9%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Elkins, WVHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,937$24,565$23,281  7.1%
Heart Failure Hospital$14,482$18,146$16,237  25.3%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$24,289$22,855$22,499  5.9%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,448$20,870$17,007  26.9%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Elkins, WVHouston, TXU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20152.8%3.2%3.1%  14.3%
2015-201624.2%5.1%12.5%  78.9%
2016-201731.5%19.0%57.9%  39.7%
2017-201815.5%35.6%19.0%  129.7%
2018-20199.4%2.3%-2.2%  75.5%
Since 2014112.1%79.0%113.3%  29.5%
   Health Insurance Premiums
      State average
Cost of Taxes
Popular Cost of Living Searches
Current CityComparison City
Dallas, TexasSan Jose, CaliforniaCompare
Corinth, TexasDenver, ColoradoCompare
Mooresville, North CarolinaHampton, VirginiaCompare
Denton, TexasAtlanta, GeorgiaCompare
Austin, TexasRaleigh, North CarolinaCompare
Big Bear City, CaliforniaFlagstaff, ArizonaCompare
Winter Garden, FloridaKeene, TexasCompare
Detroit, MichiganHouston, TexasCompare
Bellaire, TexasCulver City, CaliforniaCompare
Greenville, North CarolinaWashington, PennsylvaniaCompare