Arlington vs Birmingham - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Birmingham
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1951
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$4641
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$1137
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1834
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$3011
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	96
😀 Quality of life	73	94
🏙️ Population	394K	1.14M

The cost of living in Arlington is 3% less expensive than in Birmingham. Cities ranked 2153rd and 1973rd ($1883 vs $1951) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 86th in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in Birmingham. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Birmingham ranked 4th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1499th and 35th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Birmingham

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	Arlington	Birmingham
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$8.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$1083
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$872
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$2013
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1380
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$187
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	5.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$4882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$3808
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$78.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$3.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$18.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$82.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$1512
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$18058

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748