Overall
- Omaha
- 91.9
Diff -6.3 RPP
Prescott Valley-Prescott vs Omaha
Cost of living comparison based on BEA Regional Price Parities. Omaha is 6.5% less expensive than Prescott Valley-Prescott.
6.5% less expensive
Omaha, NE-IA is 6.5% less expensive than Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ on BEA Regional Price Parities (overall RPP 91.9 vs 98.3). A $100,000 salary in Prescott Valley-Prescott buys about the same as $93,543 in Omaha; the largest component gap is services.
- Overall RPP 98.3 (Prescott Valley-Prescott) vs 91.9 (Omaha)
- $100k in Prescott Valley-Prescott ≈ $93,543 purchasing power in Omaha
- Services drives the gap (-15.1 RPP points)
RPP parity plate
Pair AZ:NE 98.3→91.9
TIER-NEAR · CROSS-STATE · SERVICES-LED · BOTH-BELOW · PP-SHIFT
- TIER-NEAR Near tier
- CROSS-STATE AZ × NE
- SERVICES-LED Services-led gap
- BOTH-BELOW Both below 100
- PP-SHIFT PP shift
Instrument codes from this pair's BEA Regional Price Parities (overall · goods · services · rents · national benchmark 100 · purchasing-power conversion), not a ranking or recommendation.
What This Comparison Actually Tells You
Both metros remain below the U.S. benchmark of 100. This comparison chooses between two below-average price levels; “more expensive” here does not mean nationally expensive.
Omaha, NE-IA is 6.5% less expensive than Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ, a meaningful but not extreme shift. The move decision turns on which budget category creates the 6.3-point overall gap.
Services leads the difference, with Omaha 15.1 points lower than Prescott Valley-Prescott. Goods, services, and rents all point in the same broad direction, making the headline comparison more transferable across household types.
Comparable population context is incomplete for this pair, so no market-scale explanation is inferred from the price indexes.
For a service-heavy household, test childcare, health, and other locally supplied costs before relying on rent alone. The BEA ratio converts $100,000 in Prescott Valley-Prescott to $93,543 in Omaha, but it is not a personal spending weight.
How the Price Gap Changed
Prescott Valley-Prescott and Omaha share 17 published annual releases from 2008 through 2024. Their overall gap held broadly steady, moving from 7.0 to 6.3 RPP points. Prescott Valley-Prescott remained the higher-index metro in the latest release.
Rents changed the most within this pair: its gap moved 13.0 points between the first and latest shared releases (25.3 to 12.4 points). This describes a relative price-index history, not a forecast or a household budget.
| Release Year | Prescott Valley-Prescott RPP | Omaha RPP | Relative Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 103.0 | 96.0 | 7.0 points Prescott Valley-Prescott higher |
| 2012 | 96.5 | 95.7 | 0.8 points Prescott Valley-Prescott higher |
| 2016 | 98.6 | 94.6 | 4.1 points Prescott Valley-Prescott higher |
| 2020 | 93.2 | 95.0 | 1.8 points Omaha higher |
| 2024 | 98.3 | 91.9 | 6.3 points Prescott Valley-Prescott higher |
Annual BEA Regional Price Parity releases; a higher index means a higher price level relative to the national average of 100. Selected years shown from the full shared series.
Category Breakdown
Goods
- Omaha
- 94.1
Diff -2.2 RPP
Services
- Omaha
- 76.4
Diff -15.1 RPP
Rents
- Omaha
- 86.4
Diff -12.4 RPP
| Category | Prescott Valley-Prescott | Omaha | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 98.3 | 91.9 | -6.3 |
| Goods | 96.2 | 94.1 | -2.2 |
| Services | 91.5 | 76.4 | -15.1 |
| Rents | 98.8 | 86.4 | -12.4 |
Visual Comparison
Overall
Prescott Valley-Prescott 98.3
Omaha 91.9
Goods
Prescott Valley-Prescott 96.2
Omaha 94.1
Services
Prescott Valley-Prescott 91.5
Omaha 76.4
Rents
Prescott Valley-Prescott 98.8
Omaha 86.4
Vertical line = national average (100)
Salary Equivalents
What a salary in Prescott Valley-Prescott would need to be in Omaha for the same purchasing power:
| In Prescott Valley-Prescott | In Omaha | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $46,772 | $-3,228 |
| $75,000 | $70,157 | $-4,843 |
| $100,000 | $93,543 | $-6,457 |
| $150,000 | $140,315 | $-9,685 |
$ in Prescott Valley-Prescott = in Omaha
Same BEA Regional Price Parity ratio as the table above (98.3 → 91.9), computed live from your number, nothing is sent anywhere.
Prescott Valley-Prescott
98.3
Cost Index
Omaha
91.9
Cost Index
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Omaha more expensive than Prescott Valley-Prescott?
Omaha is 6.5% less expensive than Prescott Valley-Prescott. The overall cost index is 91.9 vs 98.3 (national average = 100).
What salary in Omaha equals $100K in Prescott Valley-Prescott?
A $100,000 salary in Prescott Valley-Prescott has the same purchasing power as $93,543 in Omaha. This is based on the BEA Regional Price Parity indexes.
How do rents compare between Prescott Valley-Prescott and Omaha?
Rents in Prescott Valley-Prescott are indexed at 98.8 while Omaha is at 86.4 (national average = 100). Prescott Valley-Prescott has higher rents.
Data sources
- BEA Regional Price Parities (RPP), the cost-of-living indices shown on this page
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), gross-rent observations behind the rents component
- BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI), goods and services price relatives
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), labor-driven services component
- HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR), 40th-percentile rent cross-reference
Every figure on PlainCost is rendered directly from BEA Regional Price Parity source data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-11. Rankings measure the published cost-of-living index only; we don't recommend where to live or rate any metro's quality of life.