Cost of living in Elizabeth City

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

B+

78/100
5th of 11

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The four inputs

Housing cost index74

Virginia Beach 10045% · scores 97

Effective property tax rate0.86%

Virginia Beach 0.78%25% · scores 77

Utilities117

Virginia Beach 10020% · scores 43

Local sales tax7.00%

Virginia Beach median 5.77%10% · scores 60

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

Best Virginia Beach suburbs for cost of living

All 11 ranked, Elizabeth City highlighted

1WilliamsburgA−$428,100 2Gloucester PointA−$320,700 3Newport NewsB+$260,600 4NorfolkB+$289,900 5Elizabeth CityB+$187,700 6PortsmouthB$246,900 7HamptonB$245,700 8Virginia BeachB−$382,500 9ChesapeakeB−$378,400 10PoquosonB−$400,300 11SuffolkB−$347,400

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Elizabeth City grades B+ on cost of living.

Nothing within 25 miles beats Elizabeth City on cost of living.

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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