Detroit vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Detroit	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2064	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4936	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$2122	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3270	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	94
😀 Quality of life	86	86
🏙️ Population	639K	4.04M

The cost of living in Detroit is 92% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1678th and 5000th ($2064 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th 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 Detroit compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 315th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs New Taipei

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	Detroit	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$960	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2340	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1705	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1283	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.05	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.76	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.7	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1288	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16893	$18855

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581