Arlington vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$6311
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1782
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$3096
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$654
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$4305
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	394K	467K

The cost of living in Arlington is 30% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 2397th and 524th ($1907 vs $2732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 453rd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Ranked 264th vs 282nd best cities to live in the United States, and 894th vs 992nd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Long Beach

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	Arlington	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$5.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1919
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1544
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$3153
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$7165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$7.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$95.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$1666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$22757

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059