# Residential proxy price comparison 2026: US city traffic

> US city proxy price index 2026: what 1 GB to 1 TB of city-targeted US residential traffic costs at 7 providers (18 Oct 2026), plus FCC data for 181 cities.

- URL: https://metroproxies.com/research/us-city-proxy-price-index-2026/
- Last updated: 2026-10-18
- Publisher: MetroProxies (https://metroproxies.com)

What US residential traffic costs once you ask for a specific city, at seven providers and five volumes, and what the FCC broadband map says about the 181 largest US cities behind those IPs.

**Quick answer — How much does city-targeted US residential proxy traffic cost in 2026?**

On 18 October 2026, the median list price of city-targeted US residential traffic across six named providers was $3.75/GB for 1 GB, $2.75/GB at 10 GB, $2.00/GB at 100 GB and $1.50/GB at 1 TB (MetroProxies index). **MetroProxies** charges $0.59/GB at 10 GB and $0.50/GB from 100 GB, city targeting included. No KYC; crypto only.

## What does city-targeted US traffic cost per GB?

List price per GB for the volume shown, when the traffic is targeted to a US city. Where a provider bills city traffic at a different rate, that rate is used. A provider counts with its largest published plan at or below the volume, or its pay-as-you-go rate; "—" means no public plan at or below that volume.

*Sources and reading dates below. "Sale" = a discounted price shown next to a struck-through list price with no end date; Webshare's struck-through list price is $7.00/GB at every tier. IPRoyal's page lists 1, 2 and 10 GB, then custom plans from 10 TB. DataImpulse's smallest regular plan is 50 GB ($50); its 5 GB intro pack is for new customers only.*

| Provider | 1 GB | 10 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB | 1 TB | City targeting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MetroProxies | $1.50/GB | $0.59/GB | $0.52/GB | $0.50/GB | $0.50/GB | Included, with state, ZIP and ASN |
| Geonode (monthly plans) | — | $0.79 | $0.69 | $0.65 | $0.50 | "Where live IPs are available" |
| Thordata | $2.00 (sale) | $1.80 (sale) | $1.50 (sale) | $1.50 (sale) | $0.73 | Included |
| DataImpulse | — | — | $2.00 | $2.00 | $1.60 | Billed at double the $1/GB standard rate |
| Webshare (monthly plans) | $3.50 (sale) | $2.75 (sale) | $2.45 (sale) | $2.25 (sale) | $1.50 (sale) | Listed |
| Decodo (monthly plans, + VAT) | $4.00 | $3.50 | $3.00 | $2.75 | $2.00 | Included, with state, ZIP and ASN |
| IPRoyal (pay as you go) | $7.35 | $5.51 | — | — | — | Included |
| Median of the six other providers | $3.75 | $2.75 | $2.00 | $2.00 | $1.50 |  |

*Prices checked on October 18, 2026.*

Other providers sell for less at some volumes: Geonode is at $0.50/GB at 1 TB, the same as us, and at $0.468/GB at 2 TB. We do not claim to be the cheapest at any volume.

## What does the index show?

Three patterns stand out in the October 2026 prices.

1. **City targeting is usually included, but not always free.** Five of the six other providers include city targeting in the list price. DataImpulse documents that city-targeted traffic is "billed at double the standard rate", which turns $1/GB into $2/GB.
2. **Small volumes cost about two and a half times more per GB.** The median falls from $3.75/GB for a single gigabyte to $1.50/GB at 1 TB, and two of the six providers have no public plan under 10 GB.
3. **Discounts are permanent fixtures.** Webshare and Thordata show most of their prices next to a struck-through "original" price; we record the price you pay and mark it as a sale.

Two providers are left out of the table because their prices do not map to a volume of city traffic: SOAX sells monthly credit plans from $200 (+ VAT) with prices by location tier, and keeps ZIP and ASN targeting for plans from $1,500; Oxylabs lists $6/GB up to 5 GB and plans from $30 a month without saying which tier applies to which plan.

## What does the FCC map say about the 181 cities?

- **37.6M** residential units (in the 181 cities, FCC map, Dec 2025 data)
- **57%** median fiber availability (share of homes that can order fiber)
- **94%** median cable availability (share of homes that can order cable)
- **152** cities led by Xfinity, Spectrum or Cox (68 + 57 + 27, by wired coverage share)

## Which internet providers sit behind US city IPs?

A residential IP belongs to the home connection it comes from, so the providers serving a city shape what an exit IP looks like. From the FCC National Broadband Map (December 2025 data, read 18 October 2026) across our 181 city pages:

- **Cable dominates first place.** The provider with the largest wired coverage share is Xfinity (Comcast) in 68 cities, Spectrum (Charter) in 57 and Cox in 27.
- **AT&T is the most widespread second network.** In its 21 wireline states, AT&T serves at least 20% of homes in 124 of our cities.
- **Fiber is uneven.** Lincoln (NE), Chattanooga and Clarksville (TN) report fiber at 99.9% to 100% of homes; Baltimore (13%), Naperville (7%) and Anchorage (6%) are at the bottom.
- **Municipal networks matter locally.** EPB in Chattanooga, CDE Lightband in Clarksville and KUB Fiber in Knoxville each reach 95% or more of homes in their city.

The [ASN targeting page](https://metroproxies.com/targeting/asn/) turns this into AS numbers, and each [city page](https://metroproxies.com/cities/) has its own provider list.

## How was the index built?

- **Prices:** each provider's public residential pricing page, read on 18 October 2026, in US dollars. Coupon codes are left out. Sale prices with no end date are kept and marked. City-targeting surcharges are applied where the provider documents them.
- **Volume rule:** for each volume, the largest published plan at or below it, else the pay-as-you-go rate. Monthly subscriptions are compared by their monthly price; ours are one-off blocks that do not renew.
- **Providers:** the residential providers that publish per-GB prices and city targeting and are commonly cited in comparisons of US proxies. Providers whose network was seized in 2026 (NetNut) are excluded.
- **City data:** Census Vintage 2024 population, the FCC National Broadband Map area summaries for each Census place, NANPA area codes and the Census 2020 ZIP (ZCTA) relationship file.

The data may be reused with a link to this page. Next update: when a provider in the table changes its public prices, or in January 2027 at the latest.

## Where should I go next?

Turn the data into a choice with the [best US city proxies 2026](https://metroproxies.com/best/us-city-proxies-2026/) and [geo-targeting proxy prices](https://metroproxies.com/compare/city-targeting-cost/), see [our pricing](https://metroproxies.com/pricing/), or browse the [181 city pages](https://metroproxies.com/cities/) and [state pages](https://metroproxies.com/states/) behind the FCC figures.

## What else do people ask about the index?

### Why measure city-targeted traffic instead of the headline price?

Because the headline price is not always the price of city traffic. On 18 October 2026 DataImpulse's standard rate was $1/GB, but its documentation said city-targeted traffic is billed at double. For anyone who needs one specific US city, the city rate is the real cost.

### Is MetroProxies included in the median?

No. The median is computed over the six other providers in the table, so that our own price does not move the benchmark.

### Do any of these providers require ID?

Policies differ and change. On the pages we read, Webshare said some targets can be unblocked after a brief KYC procedure, and IPRoyal's documentation said ISP targeting needs a verified ID. MetroProxies does not ask for identity documents to open an account or buy a plan.

## Sources (read on 18 October 2026)

1. [Pricing](https://geonode.com/pricing) — Geonode (2026-10-18)
2. [Residential proxies](https://geonode.com/residential-proxies/) — Geonode (2026-10-18)
3. [Residential proxy pricing](https://www.thordata.com/pricing/residential-proxies) — Thordata (2026-10-18)
4. [Residential proxies](https://dataimpulse.com/residential-proxies/) — DataImpulse (2026-10-18)
5. [City parameter](https://docs.dataimpulse.com/proxies/parameters/city) — DataImpulse (2026-10-18)
6. [Residential proxy](https://www.webshare.io/residential-proxy) — Webshare (2026-10-18)
7. [Residential proxy pricing](https://decodo.com/proxies/residential-proxies/pricing) — Decodo (2026-10-18)
8. [Residential proxy pricing](https://iproyal.com/pricing/residential-proxies/) — IPRoyal (2026-10-18)
9. [Pricing](https://soax.com/pricing) — SOAX (2026-10-18)
10. [Residential proxy pool pricing](https://oxylabs.io/pricing/residential-proxy-pool) — Oxylabs (2026-10-18)
11. [National Broadband Map, area summaries](https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/area-summary/fixed?version=dec2025&type=place) — Federal Communications Commission (2026-10-18)
12. [City and town population totals: 2020-2024](https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html) — US Census Bureau (2026-10-18)

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MetroProxies: MetroProxies is a US residential proxy provider with city-level targeting, paid in crypto with no ID upload. Home IPs are requested by city, state, ZIP code or ISP network, with a page of local data for each of 181 US cities.