Brookhaven vs Changsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	Changsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$582
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$1619
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$222
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$793
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	65	95
😀 Quality of life	70	68
🏙️ Population	486K	10M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 388% more expensive than in Changsha. Cities ranked 278th and 7989th ($2839 vs $582) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 378th 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 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.4 months in Changsha. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs Changsha ranked 19th in China, while ranked 2604th and 3254th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Changsha

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	Brookhaven	Changsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$2.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$17.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$2.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$297
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$506
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$429
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$34.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$14.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$2141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$5614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$3.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$0.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$5.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$20.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$69.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$78.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$318
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$5672

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2676
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2459
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2342
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2639
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2117
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3659
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2219
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2982
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2637
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2566
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2615
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2517
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2482
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2191
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2529
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2600
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3425
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3604
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2841
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2342
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2572
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2385
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2629
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2623
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2865
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2578
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2337
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2577
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2314
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2421
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2702
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2751
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2577
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2954
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3159
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3498
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2722
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2341
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2715

Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$603
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$595
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$601
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$611
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$584
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$594
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$600
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$623
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$570
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$611
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$592
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$611
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$497
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$566
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$612
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$612
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$552
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$590
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$614
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$663
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$628
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$618
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$610
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$605
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$573
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$569
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$746
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$580
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$646
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$676
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$521
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$692
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$714
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$599
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$674
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$626
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$705
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$646
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$575