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| The High Cost of Living in Montgomery County |
| Each year, Wider Opportunities for Women calculates a "self-sufficiency" standard for jurisidictions comprising the metropolitan DC area based on the actual local costs of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and essential items like clothing, shoes and telephone service. It also takes into account taxes, the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Care Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.
"The Self-Sufficiency Standard for the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area 2005, computes the income necessary for 70 family sizes and compositions in Washington, D.C., Alexandria, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County." (The complete report can be found at WOW's website.)
"Written by University of Washington researcher Dr. Diana Pearce, the Standard finds that most families in the Metropolitan area need to earn three to four times the federal poverty level to meet basic needs like housing, child care, health care, food, transportation and taxes. For a family of three in Washington, D.C. – one parent with a preschooler and a school-age child – that income is $47,213. In Prince George’s County, it is $46,526 and in Fairfax County – the most expensive jurisdiction in the report – it is $61,586." However, at $59,261, Montgomery County is not far behind. The tables below help highlight the high cost of living even the most basic lifestyle in Montgomery County.
Why are people hungry in Montgomery County
Whitepaper on Hunger in Montgomery County
Affluent Suburbs See Increase in Food Aid
High Cost of Living in Montgomery County
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