Louisville vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$2831
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	60	87
😀 Quality of life	87	90
🏙️ Population	246K	518K

The cost of living in Louisville is 3% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 2336th and 2490th ($1821 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 147th in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 299th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Sheffield

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	Louisville	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750