Asheville has the more affordable housing, utilities + miscellaneous costs but Chapel Hill has us beat in health. Both cities are about even when it comes to transportation and groceries.



Interested in seeing Asheville’s cost of living compared to cities in other states? We played around on nerdwallet’s cost of living calculator, where you can put in any city you want to live in along with your current pre-tax household income to find out what other cities you could actually afford to live in.



We’ve always wanted to visit Seattle – so we took a look at the cost of living in Seattle compared to Asheville. Here’s what we found:

• The cost of living is 57% higher in Seattle.

• To maintain our standard of living, we would need to bring in $78,363 to our household – better start saving now.

• The median cost for a two-bedroom apartment is $2,642 – yes, rent.



Despite the high cost of living in both the state and city, the city has welcomed countless new businesses + over 300,000 people moved to N.C. last year. To try and address the issue of affordable housing, the city recently hosted a development forum. Construction has continued to grow, and the city have been given a $25 million bond referendum to help with affordable housing. It’s a hefty price to live in such a beautiful area.