Cost of living in Montgomery

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

D−

38/100
38th of 39

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The four inputs

Housing cost index178

Cincinnati 10045% · scores 17

Effective property tax rate1.55%

Cincinnati 1.23%25% · scores 43

Utilities88

Cincinnati 10020% · scores 72

Local sales tax7.29%

Cincinnati median 7.29%10% · scores 54

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

Best Cincinnati suburbs for cost of living

All 39 ranked, Montgomery highlighted

1ErlangerA−$209,000 2FlorenceB+$210,700 3ReadingB$211,300 4NewportB$217,600 5CovingtonB$187,300 6IndependenceB$263,700 7NorwoodB$258,700 8SharonvilleB$223,800 9AmeliaB$230,400 10FranklinB$183,100 11BurlingtonB$254,300 12OakbrookB$260,700 13BridgetownB−$183,600 14OxfordB−$238,000 15AlexandriaB−$284,800 16FairfieldB−$234,500 17HamiltonB−$165,200 18White OakB−$203,700 19SpringdaleB−$192,000 20CincinnatiB−$230,900 21MiddletownB−$164,400 22TrentonB−$234,900 23LebanonC+$290,200 24Monfort HeightsC+$233,500 25HarrisonC+$229,400 26FrancisvilleC+$398,000 27Fort ThomasC+$335,000 28DentC+$282,500 29MonroeC+$282,400 30NorthbrookC+$157,400 31LovelandC$321,300 32Forest ParkC$190,400 33SpringboroC$357,800 34Blue AshC−$403,200 35FinneytownC−$207,100 36MasonD+$426,200 37ForestvilleD$316,800 38MontgomeryD−$545,100 —Mack—$314,400

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Better than Montgomery on cost of living

Montgomery 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

Erlanger20 mi from MontgomeryA−$209k0.93% 65 C+ Florence24 mi from MontgomeryB+$211k0.81% 68 B− Reading5 mi from MontgomeryB$211k1.31% 58 C Newport14 mi from MontgomeryB$218k0.99% 61 C Covington18 mi from MontgomeryB$187k1.09% 57 C− Independence23 mi from MontgomeryB$264k0.91% 64 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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