HOW DO WE COMPARE?

Each quarter of the year your Chamber joins hundreds of other Chamber’s from across the United States in comparing living costs. We all price hundreds of very specific items and services during the same two-day period of time. That allows us to truly compare what it costs to live in Garden City compared to other cities. The index that comes from collecting all the data shows how we rank, with 100 being the “norm”. A lower number shows that we’re more competitive and a higher number would indicate the opposite. Categories that are ranked include grocery items, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and services. We also get an overall composite ranking. Here’s how we stacked up to other Kansas communities that participated.