Long Beach vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Omaha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$4785
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1170
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2014
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$95.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$3911
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	74
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	486K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 35% more expensive than in Omaha. Cities ranked 524th and 1987th ($2732 vs $2017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 1557th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Omaha. Ranked 282nd vs 63rd best cities to live in the United States, and 992nd vs 243rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Omaha

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	Long Beach	Omaha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$64.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$5.58
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$5.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$3.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1177
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$878
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1573
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$261
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$1918
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$1849
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$3.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$3.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$5.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$9.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$4.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$45.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$96.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$98.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$854
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$24676

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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 Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1871
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$1888
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1955
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1649
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1738
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1916
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1954
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1955
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$1972
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1967
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1959
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1796
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1891
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1797
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1812
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1852
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1798
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1786
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2105
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1563
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1904
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1850
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1945
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1707
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1808
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1756
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2192
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1786
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2283
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2114
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2341
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1832
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2328
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2433
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2299
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2046
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2314
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2160
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1995