Louisville vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	60	24
😀 Quality of life	89	45
🏙️ Population	246K	6.56M

The cost of living in Louisville is 206% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2519th and 7790th ($1847 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 167th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 281st and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Louisville	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$10279

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

Cities near Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599