Long Beach vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$4433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	78
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	689K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 10% more expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 524th and 924th ($2732 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 798th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Ranked 282nd vs 77th best cities to live in the United States, and 992nd vs 281st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Nashville

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	Long Beach	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$30241

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581