Arlington vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	60
😀 Quality of life	77	89
🏙️ Population	394K	246K

The cost of living in Arlington is 0.5% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 2476th and 2519th ($1856 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 1889th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 405th vs 89th best cities to live in the United States, and 1375th vs 281st 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	$15.6	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$15931

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017