Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using CostOfLivingData.com ("the Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

2. Data & Informational Use Only

All information on this Site is provided for general informational purposes only. Cost-of-living data, hazard risk scores, health indicators, and other figures are derived from third-party public sources (US Census Bureau, HUD, FEMA, CDC, BLS, NOAA, EPA, Zillow, Tax Foundation, among others) and are presented "as is" without warranty of any kind.

Nothing on this Site constitutes financial, legal, tax, real-estate, medical, or professional advice. You should consult qualified professionals before making decisions that rely on the data presented here.

3. Accuracy Disclaimer

We make reasonable efforts to keep data accurate and up to date. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any information on the Site. Government data sources may contain errors, be delayed, or be revised after publication. Use of the data is at your own risk.

4. Content License

The underlying data is sourced from US government agencies and is generally in the public domain. Our rankings, studies, written analyses, and compilations are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license — you may reuse them with attribution linking back to the source page on CostOfLivingData.com.

The Site's code, design, trademarks, and branding remain the property of CostOfLivingData and may not be reproduced without permission.

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6. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to:

• Scrape, crawl, or bulk-download the Site in a way that violates our robots.txt or imposes an unreasonable load on our servers
• Use the data to identify, profile, or target individuals
• Misrepresent the source of the data or strip attribution when reproducing content
• Circumvent any technical measures we use to protect the Site

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, CostOfLivingData and its contributors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages arising from your use of the Site or reliance on any data presented here, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

8. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be noted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

9. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Please reach us via the contact page.