Long Beach vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$2584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$5778
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1504
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$2234
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$732
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$4329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	100
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	467K	1.6M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 10% more expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 327th and 744th ($2851 vs $2584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 660th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Ranked 271st vs 25th best cities to live in the United States, and 982nd vs 95th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Philadelphia

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	Long Beach	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$95.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1597
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1807
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$76.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2372
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$99
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$4.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$8.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$4.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$5.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$3.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$85.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$2021
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$15283

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886