Hempstead vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$1050
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	97	93
😀 Quality of life	79	83
🏙️ Population	793K	2.33M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 204% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 556th and 6171st ($2664 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 7th 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 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 636th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Taoyuan

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	Hempstead	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$18619

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443