Long Beach vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Long Beach	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2764	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6355	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$1831	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$3177	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4536	$3578
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	94	34
😀 Quality of life	76	80
🏙️ Population	467K	543K

The cost of living in Long Beach is 41% more expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 379th and 1962nd ($2764 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 339th and 1679th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Ranked 231st vs 156th best cities to live in the United States, and 949th vs 561st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Tucson

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	Long Beach	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.4	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.61	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.19	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2014	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1593	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3278	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2898	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7095	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7019	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.1	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.5	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.58	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.8	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.8	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1510	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27134	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262