Birmingham vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Birmingham	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2046	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$1197	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$1902	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$185	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3394	$4332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	61
😀 Quality of life	95	87
🏙️ Population	1.14M	246K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 10% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1731st and 2276th ($2046 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 79th and 1806th in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Birmingham compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 32nd and 251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Louisville

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	Birmingham	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.3	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.59	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.71	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.18	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$905	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2143	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1412	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$305	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.3	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.8%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5216	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4012	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.4	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.17	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1575	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19729	$13601

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1869
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1838
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1818
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1827
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1748
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1797
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1799
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1771
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1743
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1717
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1799
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1695
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1849
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1799
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1819
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2050
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1572
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1750
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2205
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1896
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1760
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1680
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1855
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1803
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1560
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1666
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1898
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1817
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1845
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1755
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1755
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1869
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1865
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1780
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1711
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1813
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1944
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1755

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954