The Most Expensive Places to Get Married in America

Surprisingly, New York City isn't on the list.

Photograph by John Huba, Styled by Kate Dimmock

A wedding is supposed to be the happiest day in a couple's life—that is, until they get the bill. And new data shows that different areas across the country feel the pinch a lot differently.

Personal finance site NerdWallet crunched the numbers from The Wedding Report, which collects data about the wedding industry across the country. They calculated which counties were most expensive by factoring in the "true cost" of a wedding: the event's cost as a percentage of the median household income in the area. This is likely why major metropolitan areas like New York City aren't ranked highly, because incomes tend to be higher there to make up for the high cost of living.

Here are the five least affordable counties in America:

  1. Brooks, Texas
  2. Jefferson, Missouri
  3. Wolfe, Kentucky
  4. McCreary, Kentucky
  5. Clay, Kentucky

    And the five most affordable:

    1. Loudon, Virginia
    2. Los Alamos, New Mexico
    3. Fairfax, Virginia
    4. Arlington, Virginia
    5. Douglas, Colorado

      Want to find out how expensive your area is? Here's a graphic, courtesy of NerdWallet:

      Via: NerdWallet

      [h/t Lifehacker


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