In the last quarter of 2024, three of the ten most expensive cities in the United States for business travel when it comes to food costs were located in California. However, the ranking was topped by Honolulu, which average daily food cost amounted to 118 U.S. dollars at that time.

In 2019, Oklahoma was the least expensive city in the United States for ridesharing, with an average of 9.91 U.S. dollars per trip. During the same year, New York was the most expensive city in the U.S. for a rideshare, with an average of 18.73 U.S. dollars per ride.

As of October 2024, the city with the most expensive hotel rate in the United States was Boston. Visitors to the East Coast city could expect to pay 320 U.S. dollars for a doube room during that period. Meanwhile, New York ranked third with an average rate of 284 U.S. dollars.

New York was the most expensive U.S. city for business travelers in the last quarter of 2024, with the daily cost of accommodation, food, and car hire totaling *** U.S. dollars. In the second place was Boston, where business tourists spent around *** U.S. dollars each day on average.

This statistic presents the most expensive cities for automobile insurance in the United States in 2014. Detroit proved to be the most expensive U.S. city for auto insurance, with an average car insurance price of ****** U.S. dollars.

In the last quarter of 2024, Portland was one of the U.S. cities with the most expensive average construction cost for industrial warehouses. Constructing a warehouse in that city could have a cost that ranged between *** and *** U.S. dollars per square foot. It was followed by Honolulu and San Francisco, although at some distance. Meanwhile, Las Vegas and Phoenix were the least expensive cities to build warehouses. The most expensive U.S. cities to construct residential buildings were New York, Honolulu and San Francisco.

In the last quarter of 2024, New York registered the highest hotel prices for business travelers among major U.S. cities. On average, a business visitor in the 'Big Apple' could spent around *** U.S. dollars on hotel accommodation per day.

SoHo was the most expensive neighborhood in New York City, United States in the third quarter of 2024, with the median sales price of homes at **** million U.S. dollars. Out of the top ten most expensive neighborhoods to buy a home, ***** were in Manhattan. Cobble Hill, DUMBO, and Carroll Gardens were the only Brooklyn neighborhoods in the top ten ranking and had a median home sales price ranging between *** million U.S. dollars and *** million U.S. dollars.

In 2024, New York, NY, was the most expensive rental market for one-bedroom apartments in the United States. The median monthly rental rate of an apartment in New York was ***** U.S. dollars, while in San Francisco, CA which ranked second highest, renters paid on average ***** U.S. dollars.

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the most expensive city for business travel in the Americas (excluding the United States) was Toronto, with daily costs amounting to nearly *** U.S. dollars. San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital, followed in the ranking, with daily costs for hotels, food, and transportation reaching an average of around *** U.S. dollars.

The price of tap water in the United States varied greatly from city to city in 2021. One of the most expensive cities for tap water in the U.S. is San Francisco, where one cubic meter costs an average of **** U.S. dollars per cubic meter. In comparison, citizens in the Arizona state capital of Phoenix paid, on average, **** U.S. dollars per cubic meter. This is roughly ** percent lower than the U.S. average. Rising water bills in the U.S. Over the past decade, water bills in the U.S. have increased considerably in a number of major cities. In Austin, Texas, water bills rose by *** U.S. dollars between 2010 and 2018, an increase of *** percent. The sharp rising costs has left many in the United States with unaffordable water bills, especially in low income areas in cities such as New Orleans, Cleveland, and Santa Fe. U.S. water crisis One of the reasons for the rising water bills in the U.S. is the aging and deteriorating water infrastructure. In addition to rising bills, outdated treatment plants with leaking pipes have resulted in harmful toxins and chemicals contaminating drinking water. A number of highly populated cities in the U.S. have been found to have high concentrations of PFAs in tap water, exposing millions of people to potentially unsafe drinking water.

Telluride, CO, was the most expensive market for luxury single-family home market in the United States in 2025. In February that year, the median sales price of a single-family home in Telluride was 4.5 million U.S. dollars. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and Park City, UT were other locations that fetched prices over four million U.S. dollars.

This statistic shows the most expensive cities for hostel bookings worldwide as of December 2014. According to the GoEuro Accommodation Price Index, New York was the most expensive city with an average cost of 65 U.S. dollars per night.

In 2023, Americas Best Value Inn was ranked the best budget hotel brand in North America with a customer satisfaction index score of 637 points. Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham ranked second with a score of 637. Other high-ranking brands on the list included Surestay Hotel by Best Western and Howard Johnson by Wyndham.

Highest-rated luxury hotel brands

The Ritz-Carlton hotel brand ranked 12 points lower than the satisfaction score of North America’s highest-rated luxury hotel brand in 2023: Waldorf Astoria. During that year, Waldorf Astoria received a satisfaction score of 788. The average customer satisfaction score for luxury hotel brands was more than 200 points higher than the average economy score.

Most expensive cities for business travel

Daily hotel costs can differ substantially, depending on the city one is visiting. In 2022, the most expensive cities for business travel in the United States were New York, San Francisco and Boston, respectively. Beyond the U.S., the most expensive cities for business travel worldwide included New York, Boston, and Lagos that same year.

New York was the world's most expensive city for business tourism in the 4th quarter of 2024, reaching an average daily cost of around *** U.S. dollars. Among the top ten of that period, three cities were located in the United States.

West Virginia and Kansas had the lowest cost of living across all U.S. states, with composite costs being half of those found in Hawaii. This was according to a composite index that compares prices for various goods and services on a state-by-state basis. In West Virginia, the cost of living index amounted to **** — well below the national benchmark of 100. Virginia— which had an index value of ***** — was only slightly above that benchmark. Expensive places to live included Hawaii, Massachusetts, and California. Housing costs in the U.S. Housing is usually the highest expense in a household’s budget. In 2023, the average house sold for approximately ******* U.S. dollars, but house prices in the Northeast and West regions were significantly higher. Conversely, the South had some of the least expensive housing. In West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the median price of the typical single-family home was less than ******* U.S. dollars. That makes living expenses in these states significantly lower than in states such as Hawaii and California, where housing is much pricier. What other expenses affect the cost of living? Utility costs such as electricity, natural gas, water, and internet also influence the cost of living. In Alaska, Hawaii, and Connecticut, the average monthly utility cost exceeded *** U.S. dollars. That was because of the significantly higher prices for electricity and natural gas in these states.

In 2023, Hong Kong was the most expensive city for business travel in the Asia-Pacific region, in which daily costs amounted to approximately *** U.S. dollars. On the other hand, the daily cost for business travel in Bengaluru was approximately *** U.S. dollars in 2023.

Of the most populous cities in the U.S., San Jose, California had the highest annual income requirement at ******* U.S. dollars annually for homeowners to have an affordable and comfortable life in 2024. This can be compared to Houston, Texas, where homeowners needed an annual income of ****** U.S. dollars in 2024.

Cities in the United States dominate the list of cities with the highest rents worldwide. New York was ranked as the most expensive city to rent in, ahead of San Francisco, with an index score of ***. Boston followed in third.

According to the source, the city of New York was the most expensive city for business travel in the United States in terms of car rental costs at the end of 2024. In that year, the average daily rate of car rentals in the Big Apple amounted to nearly ** U.S. dollars.