16. Denver
Increase in Cost to Live Comfortably: $15,000.56
Percentage Increase in Cost to Live Comfortably: 23.98 percent
Denver’s cost for a comfortable lifestyle jumped just over $15,000 in 2018, the sixth-largest year-over-year increase among all of the cities in the study. Fortunately, for residents of the Mile High City, Denver is one of the cities where incomes are rising the fastest.