Louisville vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$6395
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1516
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$4131
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	99
😀 Quality of life	87	90
🏙️ Population	246K	1.6M

The cost of living in Louisville is 30% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 2336th and 664th ($1821 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 610th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Philadelphia. Ranked 78th vs 28th best cities to live in the United States, and 299th vs 138th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Philadelphia

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	Louisville	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$94.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$5.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1616
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$1200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$3231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$2273
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$71.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$3404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$2379
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$95.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$4.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$9.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$6.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$5.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$5.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$3.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$5.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$24.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$52.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$2066
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$19774

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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

Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2625
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2596
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2683
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2621
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2415
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2610
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2574
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2604
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2477
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2567
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2600
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2591
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2608
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2368
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2600
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2611
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2787
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2493
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2423
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2582
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2541
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2353
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2683
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2676
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2085
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2653
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$2901
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2642
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2739
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2919
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2819
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2723
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2782
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2849
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2303
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2264
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2880
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2320
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2557
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2693