Long Beach vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	78
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	467K	689K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 13% more expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 327th and 832nd ($2851 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 741st in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Ranked 271st vs 65th best cities to live in the United States, and 982nd vs 218th 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	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$30339

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508