What is the most and the least expensive city to get married in? How would one figure that out? Nerdwallet Finance has taken the cerebral tech number crunchin plunge into the where and how much of wedding planning
"They calculated which counties were most expensive by factoring in the “true cost” of a wedding: the event’s cost as a percentage of the median household income in the area. This is likely why major metropolitan areas like New York City aren't ranked highly, because incomes tend to be higher there to make up for the high cost of living.
Here are the five LEAST affordable counties in America:
And the five MOST affordable:
Want to find out how expensive your area is? Compare cities on NerdWallet's cost map." (Caption, 2014 Veranda.com)
Nerdwallet gives a few helpful hints in their article, "True Cost of a Wedding: Where to Save, Where to Splurge"
But a dollar might not be a dollar when it comes to looking at wedding costs against yearly income. Will you overspend or enter married life feeling thrifty?
To find the true cost of a wedding across the U.S., we calculated total wedding costs as a percentage of median household income in 2,870 of the nation’s counties, which resulted in some interesting findings:
$44.99 - $54.99
$5.99 - $7.99
$15.99$9.99
$14.99
$14.99 - $17.99
$13.99 - $14.99
$25.85$19.99
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