About LivabilityCalc

Our Mission

Moving to a new city is one of the biggest financial decisions you'll ever make. Yet most people rely on gut feelings, word-of-mouth, or scattered blog posts to make this choice.

LivabilityCalc exists to change that. We consolidate authoritative government data into interactive financial tools — mortgage calculators pre-filled with local data, salary equivalence comparisons, and property tax breakdowns — so you can make data-driven decisions about where to live.

Our Data Sources

Every number on this site comes from publicly verified, authoritative sources:

• U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 — Population, median home values, median rent, household income, poverty rates, and housing occupancy data for 30,000+ U.S. cities and Census-Designated Places.
• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) — National economic indicators, mortgage rate trends, and inflation benchmarks.
• Tax Foundation — State-level effective property tax rates, income tax rates, and sales tax rates.
• HUD Fair Market Rents — Metro-area rental benchmarks used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

How We're Different

Unlike content-farming sites that fill pages with generic text, every LivabilityCalc page is an interactive tool. When you visit a city page, you don't just read numbers — you can immediately calculate your mortgage payments, compare your salary's purchasing power, and see tax implications, all pre-loaded with real local data.

Affiliate Disclosure

LivabilityCalc may earn commissions when you click on certain partner links on this site. This never influences the data we show or the tools we provide. Our calculators use the same formulas regardless of whether you click an affiliate link. See our Terms of Use for full details.