Long Beach vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Long Beach	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2681	$2656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6051	$6191
🏠 One person rent	$1825	$1670
🏘️ Family rent	$3146	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$592	$678
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4933	$4470
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	54
😀 Quality of life	77	87
🏙️ Population	467K	525K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 1% more expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 464th and 501st ($2681 vs $2656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 406th and 443rd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Long Beach compared to 1.7 months in Sacramento. Ranked 181st vs 77th best cities to live in the United States, and 769th vs 281st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Sacramento

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	Long Beach	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.3	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.1	$74.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.81	$7.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.45	$6.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.63	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1953	$1688
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1605	$1409
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3294	$3018
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2861	$2447
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	6.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7038	$4303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6988	$4091
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74	$96.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$4.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$4.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.76	$4.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.65	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$4.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$53.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$92
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1485	$1525
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21877	$30262

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2562
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2593
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2624
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2678
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2722
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2729
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2757
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2839
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2929
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2667
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2553
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2861
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2613
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2724
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3171
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2593
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3186
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3509
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2718
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2254
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2907
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2194
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3105
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2890
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$2934
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3510
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2845
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2726
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2714
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2885
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2767
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2557
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2561
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2874
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3088
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2250
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2949
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2831
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$2922
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2851