Brookhaven vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brookhaven	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2839	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5458	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$681	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	65	95
😀 Quality of life	70	87
🏙️ Population	486K	4.04M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 168% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 278th and 5212th ($2839 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 234th and 2nd in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Brookhaven ranked 880th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 2604th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs New Taipei

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	Brookhaven	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.98	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.17	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.27	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2316	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1539	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.9	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6133	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2678	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$109	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.78	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.46	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.4	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.2	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.41	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.1	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.8	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.9	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2489	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22510	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605