Arlington vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	77	90
🏙️ Population	394K	689K

The cost of living in Arlington is 26% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 2476th and 832nd ($1856 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 741st in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Ranked 405th vs 65th best cities to live in the United States, and 1375th vs 218th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Nashville

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	Arlington	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$30339

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508