Cost of living in Celina

Composed in-house · four inputs · 14% of the overall score

47/100
52nd of 60

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The four inputs

Housing cost index131

DFW 10045% · scores 53

Effective property tax rate1.52%

DFW 1.45%25% · scores 44

Utilities114

DFW 10020% · scores 46

Local sales tax8.25%

DFW median 8.25%10% · scores 35

Vertical rule marks the DFW reference. Composed in-house · ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best DFW suburbs for cost of living

All 60 ranked, Celina highlighted

1HurstB$315,200 2TerrellB−$218,500 3Haltom CityB−$218,800 4DentonB−$348,200 5GreenvilleB−$219,400 6Balch SpringsB−$224,400 7BedfordB−$350,700 8DallasB−$320,700 9SaginawB−$298,500 10ArlingtonC+$304,700 11Farmers BranchC+$364,600 12CleburneC+$221,100 13WeatherfordC+$312,100 14EulessC+$318,800 15MesquiteC+$245,700 16EnnisC+$260,100 17CarrolltonC+$381,000 18DuncanvilleC+$255,500 19IrvingC+$315,600 20RichardsonC+$431,400 21PlanoC$465,900 22Fort WorthC$303,000 23The ColonyC$383,900 24GrapevineC$493,100 25GarlandC$270,800 26BurlesonC$308,200 27WaxahachieC$336,500 28LancasterC$246,300 29LewisvilleC$378,500 30SachseC$406,200 31Grand PrairieC$295,500 32PrincetonC$331,000 33BenbrookC$296,400 34AllenC$464,100 35AnnaC$351,700 36MidlothianC$411,800 37North Richland HillsC−$360,700 38McKinneyC−$471,800 39RowlettC−$368,800 40CorinthC−$375,600 41ForneyC−$346,400 42Cedar HillC−$302,700 43FriscoC−$642,100 44WataugaC−$250,500 45RockwallC−$411,700 46DeSotoC−$319,400 47Flower MoundC−$560,200 48Little ElmD+$420,700 49FateD+$384,300 50MelissaD+$454,000 51MansfieldD+$410,700 52CelinaD$509,600 53WylieD$387,000 54MurphyD$555,500 55KellerD$594,300 56CoppellD$560,500 57SouthlakeD−$1,014,500 58ProsperD−$823,700 59University ParkF$1,861,800 60ColleyvilleF$784,900

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Better than Celina on cost of living

Celina grades D on cost of living. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbCost of livingMedian home valueEff. tax rateOverall

Denton21 mi from CelinaB−$348k1.40% 62 C Carrollton24 mi from CelinaC+$381k1.40% 66 C+ Richardson25 mi from CelinaC+$431k1.52% 66 C+ Plano19 mi from CelinaC$466k1.37% 70 B− The Colony17 mi from CelinaC$384k1.50% 63 C+ Lewisville22 mi from CelinaC$379k1.48% 61 C

Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24

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