Indianapolis vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: November 06, 2023

	Indianapolis	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2228	$1795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5064	$4364
🏠 One person rent	$1347	$1000
🏘️ Family rent	$2215	$1831
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4271	$4668
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	70	61
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	888K	633K

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 24% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1136th and 2136th ($2228 vs $1795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1038th and 1821st in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 2.6 months in Louisville. Ranked 37th vs 20th best cities to live in the United States, and 175th vs 124th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Louisville

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	Indianapolis	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.9	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.8	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.93	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$4.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2321	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$1552
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$225	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.8	$52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2752	$2931
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.73	$1.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.2	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.93	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.3	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.81	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$5.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.04	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$6.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.69	$3.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$29.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.2	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.7	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1214	$819
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14577	$14704

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2034
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2044
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2043
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$2045
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1998
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1983
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1953
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1973
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1850
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1918
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1749
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1874
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$1884
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1642
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1578
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2014
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1771
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2152
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1791
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1439
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1693
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1690
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1638
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1706
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1467
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1836
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1734
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1785
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$1900
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1641
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$1898
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1697
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1492
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1756
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1744
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1668
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1760
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1776

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1492
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1641
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1697
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1810
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1709
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1893
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1829
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1423
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1713
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1874
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1772
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1819
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$1884
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1836
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1898
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1795
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1973
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1505
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1743
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1900
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1734
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2044
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1322
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1706
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1683
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1638
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1693
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1484
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1781
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2043
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2228
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1653
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1756
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2034
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1467
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2045
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1760
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1791
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1983