What is the cost of living like in Columbia Maryland?

Question

gas per gallon? average food prices etc... rent, house purchases?

The more specific the better. I am studying whether or not to move there. Thank you for the help.

Answer 1

Here's Money's rank of the best places to live.

Columbia, MD, ranked #4 out of 100

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL2419125.html

It goes through the breakdown of the economy growth, etc.

As for rent and house purchases, just do a search for "Columbia, MD" apartments in Google.

Try this site: http://www.rentnet.com

The other things you might want to consider are income taxes - if you're switching states.

The Maryland income tax rate is set at 4.75 percent and it applies to the taxable income, and then you have your federal tax rate on top of that.