Arlington vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	90	24
😀 Quality of life	77	45
🏙️ Population	394K	6.56M

The cost of living in Arlington is 208% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2476th and 7790th ($1856 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 167th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 1375th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599