Houston vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Houston	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5664	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1305	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$2467	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$581	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$212	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4390	$3986
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	100	60
😀 Quality of life	91	87
🏙️ Population	2.3M	246K

The cost of living in Houston is 24% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1229th and 2336th ($2265 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1115th and 1917th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Houston compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 14th vs 78th best cities to live in the United States, and 97th vs 299th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Houston vs Louisville

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	Houston	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.71	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1390	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1037	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2766	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2058	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$202	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.6	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2714	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71.7	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.62	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.64	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1470	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18964	$13378

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Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974