Hempstead vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hempstead	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2627	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6095	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1668	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$2891	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5265	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	97	95
😀 Quality of life	80	88
🏙️ Population	793K	4.36M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 160% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 483rd and 5229th ($2627 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 435th 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 2 months in Hempstead compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Hempstead ranked 105th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 448th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs New Taipei

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	Hempstead	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.6	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.63	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1467	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2919	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2590	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.3	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9582	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7078	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.21	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.95	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.27	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.69	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.55	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.25	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$109	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.7	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1408	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27752	$11035

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2465
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2521
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2480
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2538
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2482
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2608
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2434
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2466
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2466
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2612
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2670
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2190
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2474
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2151
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3028
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2529
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4044
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2784
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$2360
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2800
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3047
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2722
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2613
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2612
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2739
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2734
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$2821
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2691
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2743
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2303
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3455
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3002
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2321
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2638
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2858
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2638
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2737
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2756
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2653
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3241

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589