Long Beach vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$4749
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	82
😀 Quality of life	76	88
🏙️ Population	467K	468K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 16% more expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 379th and 972nd ($2764 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 892nd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 2 months in Raleigh. Ranked 231st vs 51st best cities to live in the United States, and 949th vs 221st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Raleigh

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	Long Beach	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682