Long Beach vs Milwaukee - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Milwaukee
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$2065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$4963
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1193
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$1867
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$3947
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	94	81
😀 Quality of life	77	89
🏙️ Population	467K	577K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 30% more expensive than in Milwaukee. Cities ranked 464th and 1688th ($2681 vs $2065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 1442nd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Milwaukee. Ranked 181st vs 43rd best cities to live in the United States, and 769th vs 188th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Milwaukee

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	Long Beach	Milwaukee
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$60.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$5.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$5.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$967
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$2324
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$1482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$1695
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1439
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$2.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$4.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$2.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$4.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$52.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1808
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$24309

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2044
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2042
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2032
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1977
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1955
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2022
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1991
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2015
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2014
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1962
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1818
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$2011
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2008
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1997
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1967
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1904
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1968
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1943
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2291
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1834
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2267
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2285
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2295
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2276
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1811
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2309
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2202
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2407
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2069
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1878
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2158
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2289
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1772
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2343
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2331
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2376
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2393
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2357
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2392