Los Angeles vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Los Angeles	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3165	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7625	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$2019	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$3688	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$715	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$236	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6398	$4464
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	99	61
😀 Quality of life	94	89
🏙️ Population	3.9M	633K

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 65% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 72nd and 1984th ($3165 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 60th and 1684th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Los Angeles compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Ranked 5th vs 33rd best cities to live in the United States, and 34th vs 164th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Los Angeles vs Louisville

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	Los Angeles	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.5	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$101	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.42	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5.63	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2215	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1717	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4161	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3237	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.7%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7697	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6904	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.3	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.38	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.26	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.72	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.97	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.95	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.16	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$140	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.1	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2020	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$31623	$13578

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2717
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2678
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2821
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2887
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2854
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2638
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2987
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2734
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2713
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2650
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3660
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2886
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2297
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2676
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2750
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2836
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3263
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3220
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2442
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3030
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2747
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2702
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2579
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2935
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2707
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3148
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2700
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2375
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2665
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2862

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988