Brookhaven vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brookhaven	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2959	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5553	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$1832	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$1724	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$794	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$141	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4442	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	66	60
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	486K	246K

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 60% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 225th and 2519th ($2959 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 180th and 1889th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 905th vs 89th best cities to live in the United States, and 2533rd vs 281st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Louisville

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	Brookhaven	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.5	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2329	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4219	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5172	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3875	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.38	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.17	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.2	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10.9	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.5	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$147	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$78	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2165	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20274	$15931

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2829
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2376
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2750
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2164
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3768
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2287
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$3066
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2742
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2602
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2710
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2613
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2529
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2230
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2584
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2704
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3458
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3715
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2922
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2339
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2619
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2430
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2697
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2699
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2952
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2680
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2329
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2645
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2220
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2485
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2655
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2846
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2633
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$3050
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3364
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3513
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2756
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2381
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2735

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