Parsippany-Troy Hills
- Population
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- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,801 a month in Parsippany-Troy Hills, rent included: 53% less than in New York. The average net salary is $7,333 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Parsippany-Troy Hills; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%92
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health carecountry15%59
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%66
- Cost10%11
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in United States
- #310
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #3,209
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Parsippany-Troy Hills | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $15.00 | $25.00 | β40% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $70.00 | $140 | β50% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $12.00 | $14.00 | β14% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $7.50 | $8.00 | β6% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $7.00 | $10.00 | β30% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.50 | $6.37 | β29% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.50 | $3.80 | β34% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.50 | $2.89 | β48% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.15 | $1.36 | β15% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $4.41 | $4.68 | β6% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.65 | $6.97 | β62% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.50 | $5.73 | β39% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $13.23 | $17.38 | β24% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.61 | $15.11 | β56% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $14.33 | $17.77 | β19% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.65 | $6.11 | β57% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.21 | $2.20 | β45% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.65 | $5.77 | β54% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.87 | $6.25 | β54% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.20 | $3.47 | β37% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.20 | $4.17 | β47% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.00 | $2.72 | β63% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.50 | $2.50 | β80% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $15.00 | $20.00 | β25% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.81 | $3.21 | β44% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.00 | $3.96 | β49% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $11.00 | $19.00 | β42% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $4.00 | $3.00 | +33% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $70.00 | $140 | β50% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.00 | $3.00 | β33% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.17 | $2.18 | 0% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $42.00 | $42.00 | 0% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.86 | $1.10 | β22% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $35,458 | $35,458 | 0% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $25,000 | $25,309 | β1% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $45.00 | $73.50 | β39% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $40.00 | $71.93 | β44% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $25.00 | $126 | β80% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $12.00 | $23.00 | β48% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $2,000 | $3,366 | β41% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,000 | $60,589 | β74% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $32.50 | $72.80 | β55% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $47.50 | $53.22 | β11% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $86.67 | $118 | β26% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $133 | $125 | +6% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,850 | $4,417 | β58% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,500 | $3,033 | β51% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $3,350 | $9,242 | β64% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,800 | $5,461 | β49% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $3,014 | $18,759 | β84% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,476 | $6,523 | β62% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $7,333 | $5,178 | +42% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.28% | 6.49% | β0.2 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $1,850 | $7,333 |
| Aug 2026 | β | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Jun 2026 | β | β | β |
| May 2026 | 73.4 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Feb 2026 | 73.4 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Dec 2025 | 59.2 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Nov 2025 | 59.2 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Sep 2025 | 59.2 | $1,833 | $7,875 |
| May 2025 | 73.8 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Apr 2025 | 73.8 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Mar 2025 | 81.4 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Feb 2025 | 64.7 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Jan 2025 | 64.6 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Dec 2024 | 67.4 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Nov 2024 | 66.8 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Oct 2024 | 66.8 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Sep 2024 | 66.8 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Aug 2024 | 55.4 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Jul 2024 | 71.2 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Jun 2024 | 70.4 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| May 2024 | 71.7 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Apr 2024 | 71.7 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Mar 2024 | 61.7 | $1,833 | $7,333 |
| Feb 2024 | 85.8 | $901 | $3,503 |
| Jan 2024 | 100.9 | $1,800 | $7,000 |
| Dec 2023 | 81.7 | $1,800 | $7,000 |
| Nov 2023 | 79.3 | $1,800 | $7,000 |
| Oct 2023 | 71.0 | $1,800 | $7,666 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses United States's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Parsippany-Troy Hills yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Parsippany-Troy Hills. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Parsippany-Troy Hills on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Parsippany-Troy Hills yet.
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Parsippany-Troy Hills.
Internet
United States median; city not listed- Upload
- 64Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 187Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 27ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 1.9Years of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- 7.5Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 13.4%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 6.35%20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- 2.7Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 8Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 7 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 96%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026