If you’re planning to spend retirement in Nevada and have a monthly budget of $3,000 or less to work with, there’s at least one city where this amount of money goes the furthest, and six more to explore if your monthly expenditures do not exceed $3,400.
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GOBankingRates utilized January 2025 data from Zillow to find every Nevada city with a monthly rent of $2,000 or less. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2023 Consumer Expenditure Survey was then sourced to find monthly costs for groceries, healthcare and utilities for people aged 65 and older. The monthly housing, grocery, healthcare and utilities were added up to find which Nevada cities a person aged 65 and older could survive on $3,000 or less.
Ranked from cities with the most to least expensive monthly costs, this is how far a $3,000 monthly budget takes retirees in seven Nevada cities.
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Average rent (January 2025): $1,853
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Livability: 70
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Average monthly grocery cost: $421.05
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Average monthly healthcare cost: $729.79
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Average monthly utilities cost: $342.77
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Average monthly expenditures cost: $3,346.59
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Average rent (January 2025): $1,895
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Livability: 76
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Average monthly grocery cost: $423.12
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Average monthly healthcare cost: $622.09
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Average monthly utilities cost: $370.76
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Average monthly expenditures cost: $3,311.39
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Average rent (January 2025): $1,866
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Livability: 76
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Average monthly grocery cost: $419.80
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Average monthly healthcare cost: $640.15
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Average monthly utilities cost: $347.43
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Average monthly expenditures cost: $3,272.95
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Average rent (January 2025): $1,829
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Livability: 74
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Average monthly grocery cost: $433.89
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Average monthly healthcare cost: $622.09
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Average monthly utilities cost: $361.43
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Average monthly expenditures cost: $3,246.05
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Average rent (January 2025): $1,803
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Livability: 81
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Average monthly grocery cost: $423.95
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Average monthly healthcare cost: $640.15
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Average monthly utilities cost: $343.12
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Average monthly expenditures cost: $3,210.04
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Average rent (January 2025): $1,736
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Livability: 82
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Average monthly grocery cost: $423.95
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Average monthly healthcare cost: $622.09
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Average monthly utilities cost: $368.25
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Average monthly expenditures cost: $3,149.80
