Free Cost-of-Living Widgets

Embed a clean cost-of-living card for any of 301+ US cities. Copy-paste, no API key, free forever. Attribution links back to CostOfCity.

Quick start

Add this single tag to your blog or news article — replace austin with any city slug:

<iframe
  src="https://costofcity.com/embed/cost-index/austin/"
  width="500" height="420"
  frameborder="0" loading="lazy"
  title="Austin cost of living widget"
  style="border:0; max-width:100%;"
></iframe>

Widget data is updated quarterly. Last refresh: May 2026.

Live previews

Open any of these widgets to copy the iframe code for that city.

New York, NY
/embed/cost-index/new-york/
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Los Angeles, CA
/embed/cost-index/los-angeles/
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Chicago, IL
/embed/cost-index/chicago/
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Houston, TX
/embed/cost-index/houston/
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Austin, TX
/embed/cost-index/austin/
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Seattle, WA
/embed/cost-index/seattle/
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Miami, FL
/embed/cost-index/miami/
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Denver, CO
/embed/cost-index/denver/
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View all 301+ city slugs →

License & attribution

Embeds are free for any non-commercial or editorial use. The widget includes an automatic “Powered by CostOfCity” link that satisfies attribution. For high-volume programmatic embedding (10K+ page views/day) or custom-branded versions, contact press@costofcity.com.

Looking for raw data?

See our press kit for citable statistics, spokesperson contacts, and citation guidance, or read our methodology for how city-level numbers are calculated.