Baltimore vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baltimore	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5331	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$1411	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$2342	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3970	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	97	60
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	586K	246K

The cost of living in Baltimore is 26% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1219th and 2519th ($2323 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1063rd and 1889th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Baltimore compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 35th vs 89th best cities to live in the United States, and 128th vs 281st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baltimore vs Louisville

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	Baltimore	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1652	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1117	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2831	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2256	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1977	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$85.2	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.66	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.7	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.71	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.3	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$122	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.4	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1287	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19353	$15931

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2450
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3069
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2494
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2824
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2940
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2699
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2495
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2563
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2612
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2710
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2522
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3328
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3054
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2601
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2919
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2255
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2339
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2697
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2355
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2509
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2773
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1949
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2791
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2755
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2288
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2121
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3275
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2050
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2506
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2256
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2693
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$1935
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2066

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