Los Angeles vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Los Angeles	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3420	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7800	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$2177	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$3742	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$761	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$263	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4482	$4016
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ 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 85% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 62nd and 2604th ($3420 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 47th and 1876th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Los Angeles compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 8th vs 102nd best cities to live in the United States, and 50th vs 326th among the best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/los-angeles/louisville.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Los Angeles vs Louisville infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/los-angeles/louisville" target="_blank">Los Angeles vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Los Angeles vs Louisville

Prices for goods and services in Los Angeles and Louisville are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Los Angeles	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.4	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$6.66	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2356	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4109	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$236	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.2	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8186	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7185	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.5	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.33	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.59	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.4	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.08	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.9	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.99	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.92	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.1	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$164	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.5	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1748	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23685	$16070

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035