Spring Hill is a hot spot for families moving from high cost to low cost areas. Besides having an overall higher cost of living, high cost areas are usually overbuilt and congested. This overcrowding leads to longer commutes, less effective schools, more crime, and overall lower quality of life.
The desire for a better life is driving a mass exodus from big cities and high cost suburbs to smaller towns across the country. I’ve had countless clients from California, New England, and Florida, and the majority fit into this category. Many of my clients are able to get a similar home in this area for half or a third of the cost where they came from.
Our low cost of living comes largely from not having to pay a state income tax.
Our property taxes are also reasonable based on what clients tell me. My property taxes were $993 last year for our 1,246 square foot home.
Our sales tax is slightly higher – The state rate on food is 5.5%, and on everything else it’s 7%. Most counties also have a sales taxes. Our county’s rate is 2.25%. So in our county it’s a total of 7.75% for food and 9.25% for everything else.
According to City-Data, Spring Hill’s cost of living index is 86.6 (with 100 being the national average). So, Spring Hill’s cost of living is lower than average by 13.4 points.
If the index is higher than 100, it means the cost of living is higher than average.
Comparison of Cost of Living Index (City-Data)
| Spring Hill, TN | 86.6 |
| Atlanta, GA | 94.5 |
| Boston, MA | 136.2 |
| Miami, FL | 140.3 |
| San Diego, CA | 141 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 93.1 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 101.5 |
| Seattle, WA | 126.5 |