Cost Of Living 2024 By State. To calculate each city's price index value, we start by assigning a value of 100 to a central reference city (that happens to be prague). Coli values are relative to a national average value.
The cost of living index (coli) compiles the six subcategories (housing, utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services) into a single value. West virginia, oklahoma and kansas had the lowest cost of living in q1 2024, while hawaii, california and washington, d.c.