Detroit vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Detroit	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5001	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$1144	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1987	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3437	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	77	94
😀 Quality of life	87	90
🏙️ Population	639K	4.04M

The cost of living in Detroit is 84% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1839th and 4931st ($2070 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1457th 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 1.7 months in Detroit compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Detroit ranked 98th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 319th and 183rd 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	$17.9	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.5	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.45	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.99	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1370	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2423	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.5	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1855	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1282	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.3	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.61	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.87	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.05	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.6	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.7	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.8	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.7	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1375	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16262	$21429

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1927
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1951
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1984
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1926
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1976
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$1928
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1837
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$1924
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1683
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1921
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1895
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$1938
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1943
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1891
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2031
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1820
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1888
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1951
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1781
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1881
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1994
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1730
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1917
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$2031
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1961
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$1883
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2007
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2156
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1958
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1857
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1702
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2324
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1791
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1622
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1665
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1961
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1600

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612