Value of $100 in Sacramento

Description of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released data on the differences in purchasing power (value of $100) across the U.S., including Sacramento.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) annually releases data comparing the differences in purchasing power of $100 in metropolitan areas. The most recent data comparison utilizes 2018 data.

I am always interested to see where the Sacramento region ranks in comparison with other regions of California – and other regions of the country. As we all know, it is expensive to live in California. I somehow feel a little bit better when I see statistics that validate that things could be a lot worse.

SacramentoRevealed.com – All Things Sacramento (from a personal perspective)

There was no surprise that the BEA data showed large differences in the value of $100 across the country.

Top 15 Most Expensive Metropolitan Areas

Of the 15 most expensive metropolitan areas identified nine are in California. The San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA region has the dubious honor of claiming the #1 spot. Real Value of $100:

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA – ($75.99)

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA – ($77.68)

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA – ($79.68)

Urban Honolulu, HI

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

Santa Rosa, CA – ($81.63)

Napa, CA – ($81.97)

Vallejo-Fairfield, CA – ($83.68)

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA – ($85.40)

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA – ($85.40)

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA – ($85.91)

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

15 Least Expensive Metropolitan Areas

The 15 least expensive metropolitan areas identified are smaller metropolitan areas. They can be found in:

West Virginia (1)
Illinois (1)
Tennessee (2)
Arkansas (2)
Missouri (1)
Alabama (3)
Texas (2)
Georgia (3)

Interactive Map

The Tax Foundation has a great interactive map – with all this information – and much more.