Arlington vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$4433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	78
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	394K	689K

The cost of living in Arlington is 23% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 2397th and 924th ($1907 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 798th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Ranked 264th vs 77th best cities to live in the United States, and 894th vs 281st 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	$16	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$30241

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581