Arlington vs Birmingham - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Birmingham
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$5026
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1237
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1974
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$535
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$198
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3365
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	95
😀 Quality of life	77	95
🏙️ Population	394K	1.14M

The cost of living in Arlington is 13% less expensive than in Birmingham. Cities ranked 2476th and 1622nd ($1856 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 65th 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 1.6 months in Birmingham. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Birmingham ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1375th and 48th 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	$15.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$6.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$200
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$310
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$39.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	5.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$5209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3967
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$88.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$3.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$19.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$4.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$35.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$92.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$1583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$18334

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901