Long Beach vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Long Beach	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2732	$2317
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6311	$5372
🏠 One person rent	$1782	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$3096	$2327
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$90.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4305	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	82
😀 Quality of life	78	89
🏙️ Population	467K	468K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 18% more expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 524th and 1246th ($2732 vs $2317) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 453rd and 1054th 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 Raleigh. Ranked 282nd vs 64th best cities to live in the United States, and 992nd vs 245th 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
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.1	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$9.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$5.67
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$6.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1919	$1562
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1544	$1149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3153	$2603
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2806	$1919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$65.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.44%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7165	$3603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$2208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.6	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$3.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$5.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$5.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$8.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.66	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.99	$3.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.4	$137
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.5	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1666	$1374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22757	$24650

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736