Hempstead vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	97	35
😀 Quality of life	79	53
🏙️ Population	793K	1.43M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 172% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 556th and 5623rd ($2664 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 19th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 636th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Puebla

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	Hempstead	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699