Hempstead vs Oklahoma City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Oklahoma City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1832
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$4509
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$1019
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$1671
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$3756
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	97	70
😀 Quality of life	79	88
🏙️ Population	793K	681K

The cost of living in Hempstead is 45% more expensive than in Oklahoma City. Cities ranked 556th and 2302nd ($2664 vs $1832) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 1898th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 2.1 months in Oklahoma City. Ranked 181st vs 46th best cities to live in the United States, and 636th vs 208th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Oklahoma City

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	Hempstead	Oklahoma City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$6.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$773
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$2111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$1168
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1675
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$3.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$35.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$1575
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$23318

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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 Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1878
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1861
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1946
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1824
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1862
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1621
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1989
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1855
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1748
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1814
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1816
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1638
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1671
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1865
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1874
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1851
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1864
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1855
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1544
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1629
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2205
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2229
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1846
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$2014
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2219
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2246
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2239
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2395
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2111
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2258
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2025
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2253
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2538
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2184