Columbus vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$4464
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	72	61
😀 Quality of life	87	89
🏙️ Population	906K	633K

The cost of living in Columbus is 15% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1282nd and 1984th ($2202 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 1684th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Ranked 47th vs 33rd best cities to live in the United States, and 202nd vs 164th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Louisville

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	Columbus	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$13578

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988