Louisville vs Omaha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Omaha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$2017
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$4785
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$1170
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$2014
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$95.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$3911
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	74
😀 Quality of life	88	89
🏙️ Population	246K	486K

The cost of living in Louisville is 9% less expensive than in Omaha. Cities ranked 2713th and 1987th ($1837 vs $2017) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th and 1557th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.9 months in Omaha. Ranked 101st vs 63rd best cities to live in the United States, and 333rd vs 243rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Omaha

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	Louisville	Omaha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.3	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$64.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$5.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$5.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$3.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$1177
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$878
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$2157
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$1573
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$261
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$1918
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$1849
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$3.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$3.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$4.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$5.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$2.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$9.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$9.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$4.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$2.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$45.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$96.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$98.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$854
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$24676

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1871
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$1888
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1955
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1649
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1738
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1916
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1954
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1955
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$1972
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1967
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1959
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1796
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1891
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1797
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1812
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1852
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1798
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1786
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2105
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1563
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1904
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1850
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1945
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1707
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1808
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1756
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2192
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1786
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2283
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2114
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2341
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1832
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2328
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2433
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2299
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2046
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2314
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2160
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1995