Atlanta vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Atlanta	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2648	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6318	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$1617	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$2832	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$707	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5633	$4464
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	61
😀 Quality of life	89	89
🏙️ Population	499K	633K

The cost of living in Atlanta is 38% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 459th and 1984th ($2648 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 412th and 1684th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Atlanta compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Ranked 29th vs 33rd best cities to live in the United States, and 151st vs 164th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Louisville

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	Atlanta	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.9	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5.33	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1656	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1353	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3282	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2377	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.1	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7867	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.3	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.15	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12.1	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.01	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.3	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$135	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1479	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28904	$13578

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2435
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2389
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2387
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2349
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2608
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2313
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2341
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2296
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2364
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2279
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2287
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2336
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2449
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2471
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2364
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2287
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$2119
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2789
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1953
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2244
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2522
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1575
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1737
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2323
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2144
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2367
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2208
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2262
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2102
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2090
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$2079
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1917
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2217
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1701
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1768
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1672
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1811
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1815
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1849
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1991

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988