Hempstead vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	97	60
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	793K	246K

The cost of living in Hempstead is 46% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 556th and 2336th ($2664 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 1917th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 181st vs 78th best cities to live in the United States, and 636th vs 299th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Louisville

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	Hempstead	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974