Houma vs Huntington
Metro-area medians — Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area vs Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area — not the cities proper.
Huntington comes out ahead, winning 5 of the 9 clearly-decided measures.
Houma costs about 4% less to live in, and household incomes are similar. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Houma.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you, Houma leaves you about $3,641/yr better off after tax and local prices.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
Choose Houma for
- + Livability (CityLedger)
- + Cost of living (price level, US = 100)
- + Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
- + Unemployment
Choose Huntington for
- + Median rent
- + Median home value
- + Bachelor's degree or higher
- + Average commute
- + Air quality (median AQI)
Houma vs Huntington — frequently asked
- Is Houma cheaper than Huntington?
- Houma is cheaper: its overall cost of living runs about 4% below Huntington's (BEA Regional Price Parities).
- Which has higher household income, Houma or Huntington?
- Household incomes are similar — $62,338 in the Houma metro versus $61,741 in Huntington (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).
- Does a paycheck go further in Houma or Huntington?
- A paycheck stretches further in Houma. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $73,250 there versus $69,825 in Huntington.
- Which has cheaper rent, Houma or Huntington?
- Huntington has cheaper rent — a median of $914/mo versus $980/mo (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).