Long Beach vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$2327
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$5471
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$1420
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$628
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$4437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	82
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	467K	468K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 23% more expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 327th and 1213th ($2851 vs $2327) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd and 1060th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.9 months in Raleigh. Ranked 271st vs 60th best cities to live in the United States, and 982nd vs 212th 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	$19	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$5.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1941
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$3119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$3.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$6.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$26.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$1578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$24117

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766