Los Angeles vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Los Angeles	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3196	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7594	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$2049	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$3732	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$709	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$220	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4771	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	99	60
😀 Quality of life	93	87
🏙️ Population	3.9M	246K

The cost of living in Los Angeles is 76% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 80th and 2336th ($3196 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 71st and 1917th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Los Angeles compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 7th vs 78th best cities to live in the United States, and 58th vs 299th 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	$21.7	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.7	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.51	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2168	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1758	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4056	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3293	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.8	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8056	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7115	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.5	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.1	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.05	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.25	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.63	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.1	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$190	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.8	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28838	$13378

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Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974