Detroit vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Detroit	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2133	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5076	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1225	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$2140	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3098	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	77	94
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	639K	4.04M

The cost of living in Detroit is 88% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1636th and 4867th ($2133 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1374th 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 1.5 months in Detroit compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Detroit ranked 99th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 311th and 387th 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	$19.9	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.4	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$949	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2383	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1719	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1383	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1272	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.36	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.63	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.93	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.77	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.4	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1177	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16684	$17207

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1961
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2062
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2052
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2048
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2080
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1737
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2032
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2124
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1963
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2061
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1911
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2085
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2041
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2167
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2062
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2036
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2053
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1996
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1913
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2045
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1973
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1874
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1958
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2048
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2100
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2078
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2002
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2295
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1822
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1957
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1721
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2276
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1832
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1642
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1611
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1949
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1608

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589