Hempstead vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$4536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	97	94
😀 Quality of life	79	76
🏙️ Population	793K	467K

The cost of living in Hempstead is 4% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 556th and 379th ($2664 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 339th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.6 months in Long Beach. Ranked 181st vs 231st best cities to live in the United States, and 636th vs 949th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Long Beach

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	Hempstead	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$27134

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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

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683