Long Beach vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$4131
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	94	99
😀 Quality of life	76	90
🏙️ Population	467K	1.6M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 6% more expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 379th and 664th ($2764 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 610th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Ranked 231st vs 28th best cities to live in the United States, and 949th vs 138th among the best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Long Beach vs Philadelphia infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/long-beach/philadelphia.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Long Beach vs Philadelphia infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/long-beach/philadelphia" target="_blank">Long Beach vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Long Beach vs Philadelphia

Prices for goods and services in Long Beach and Philadelphia are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Long Beach	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$19774

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693