Funabashi vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Funabashi	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1231	$2664
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3170	$6130
🏠 One person rent	$550	$1711
🏘️ Family rent	$1063	$2905
🍽️ Food expenses	$436	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$140	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1886	$4990
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	97	97
😀 Quality of life	77	79
🏙️ Population	641K	793K

The cost of living in Funabashi is 54% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 4393rd and 556th ($1231 vs $2664) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 509th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Funabashi compared to 1.9 months in Hempstead. Funabashi ranked 47th best city to live in Japan vs Hempstead ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 754th and 636th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Funabashi vs Hempstead

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	Funabashi	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$6.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$518	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$343	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$2884
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$2577
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$68.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5282	$7917
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3176	$5542
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.86	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.2	$131
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.32	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.68	$9.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$12.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$40.3	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$5.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.61	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$5.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$5.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$111
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$22.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.9	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$77.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$1388
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14434	$27808

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Cities near Funabashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Narashino	$1129
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Urayasu	$1099
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
13 km or 7.8 mi	Matsudo	$1164
13 km or 7.9 mi	Shiroi	$1059
13 km or 7.9 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.3 mi	Chiba	$1267
17 km or 11 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
18 km or 11 mi	Misato	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Abiko	$1045
19 km or 12 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
21 km or 13 mi	Inzai	$1058
22 km or 13 mi	Soka	$1104
22 km or 14 mi	Sakura	$1077
25 km or 15 mi	Toride	$1047
25 km or 16 mi	Ichihara	$1134
25 km or 16 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
26 km or 16 mi	Shisui	$1060
26 km or 16 mi	Tokyo	$1607
26 km or 16 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
28 km or 17 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
29 km or 18 mi	Moriya	$1051
29 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
30 km or 19 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
30 km or 19 mi	Tsukubamirai	$1015
31 km or 19 mi	Yachimata	$1067
31 km or 19 mi	Noda	$1125
31 km or 19 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
31 km or 19 mi	Toda	$1041
31 km or 19 mi	Warabi	$1033
31 km or 19 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
32 km or 20 mi	Narita	$1055
32 km or 20 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
33 km or 20 mi	Tomisato	$1054
35 km or 22 mi	Wako	$1098

Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302