Louisville vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$6392
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	61	80
😀 Quality of life	87	92
🏙️ Population	246K	737K

The cost of living in Louisville is 36% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 2276th and 206th ($1862 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 168th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Ranked 68th vs 16th best cities to live in the United States, and 251st vs 102nd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Seattle

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	Louisville	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$28179

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263