Arlington vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$3958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	60
😀 Quality of life	78	88
🏙️ Population	394K	246K

The cost of living in Arlington is 4% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 2397th and 2713th ($1907 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1895th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 264th vs 101st best cities to live in the United States, and 894th vs 333rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Louisville

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	Arlington	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$16074

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011