Cost of Living in Corvallis
 

Region

 

Composite Housing Utilities
Portland MSA

 

107.0 115.3 84.8
Salem MSA

 

102.5 101.7 84.4
Corvallis MSA

 

110.5 124.8 86.7
Bend

 

106.4 112.9 87.1
Klamath Falls

 

103.5 100.6 87.8
Lincoln County 102.0 102.1 84.0


ACCRA Cost of Living Index, 2000 (last census)
 

1ST QUARTER 2002:  
 


Composite Index

 
Housing


Utilities


Health
Care


Misc. Goods & Services

Average of Cities Participating in the Survey this Quarter

100.0  

100.0  

100.0  

100.0  

100.0   

Olympia

102.0  

91.1  

91.4  

133.2  

104.3  

Bellingham

102.3  

101.9  

86.0  

109.5  

101.8  

Pullman nonmetropolitan area

N/A  

N/A  

N/A  

N/A  

N/A  

Richland-Kennewick-Pasco

99.7   

99.6  

95.9  

120.3  

97.2  

Seattle

N/A  

N/A  

N/A  

N/A  

N/A  

Spokane

100.6  

99.9  

92.9  

111.5  

98.9  

Tacoma

102.9  

97.4  

91.6  

128.9  

101.6  

Yakima

102.0  

95.0  

81.6  

123.4  

107.6  

Wenatchee

100.4  

102.9  

46.1  

125.4  

100.9  

Bend, OR

109.8  

110.7  

112.3  

121.9  

107.5  

Boise, ID

97.2  

95.7  

96.5  

107.0  

101.3  

Corvallis, OR

111.4  

118.1  

116.5  

124.3  

108.5  

Denver, CO

106.5  

114.2  

79.2  

122.4  

100.5  

Eugene-Springfield, OR

107.2  

116.8  

87.0  

121.0  

106.7  

New York (Manhattan), NY

218.6  

416.8  

168.1  

173.0  

136.7  

Portland, OR

102.8  

89.9  

99.9  

112.8  

106.6  

Sacramento, CA

119.2  

121.4  

137.7  

146.9  

110.0  

San Franciso, CA

183.0  

353.0  

96.2  

147.5  

112.7  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years of systematic destruction of the city's low rent district stretching from 1st St. to 4th St. downtown over decades has finally borne fruit for the downtown property owners and developers who run the City Council. The average home in Corvallis is now $300,000.00 and increasingly even families are living together.