Brookhaven vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	65	78
😀 Quality of life	69	66
🏙️ Population	486K	12.6M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 459% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 271st and 8544th ($2863 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 499th 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 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 2684th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Zhengzhou

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	Brookhaven	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$19343

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2730
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2477
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2338
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2677
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2123
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3639
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2974
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2669
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2586
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2556
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2528
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2234
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2546
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2645
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3455
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3558
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2875
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2316
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2593
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2365
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2654
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2885
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2610
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2284
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2588
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2236
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2433
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2664
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2599
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2987
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3284
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3494
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2732
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2330
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2730

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591