Louisville vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Louisville	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1918	$2757
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4639	$6734
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$1795
🏘️ Family rent	$1980	$3490
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$671
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4464	$4345
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	61	82
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	633K	468K

The cost of living in Louisville is 30% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 1984th and 304th ($1918 vs $2757) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1684th and 266th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Raleigh. Ranked 33rd vs 58th best cities to live in the United States, and 164th vs 235th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Raleigh

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	Louisville	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.34	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$6.28
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1115	$1793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$1489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2051	$3656
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1652	$3034
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$83.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3397	$9360
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3039	$4247
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.9	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$5.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$5.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$6.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.13	$1.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$7.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.42	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$4.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$111	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.4	$63.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.9	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13578	$22084

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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

Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2334
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2313
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1731
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2271
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2161
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2112
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2163
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2071
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2159
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2236
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2063
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2031
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1787
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2084
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2084
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1947
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2098
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2053
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2020
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$2052
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2056
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2082
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2105
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2139
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2074
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1929
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2112
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$2056
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2191
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$2014
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2441
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2229
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2218
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1857