Louisville vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$4579
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	54
😀 Quality of life	87	86
🏙️ Population	246K	525K

The cost of living in Louisville is 35% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 2336th and 313th ($1821 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 277th 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 Sacramento. Ranked 78th vs 81st best cities to live in the United States, and 299th vs 308th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Sacramento

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	Louisville	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045