Hempstead vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	97	78
😀 Quality of life	79	66
🏙️ Population	793K	12.6M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 420% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 556th and 8544th ($2664 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 499th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 636th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Zhengzhou

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	Hempstead	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591