Louisville vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1948
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$4650
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$1138
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$1898
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$535
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$3202
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	60	86
😀 Quality of life	87	90
🏙️ Population	246K	518K

The cost of living in Louisville is 5% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 2604th and 2172nd ($1847 vs $1948) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 131st 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 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Sheffield ranked 28th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 326th and 175th 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	$14.2	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$78.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$6.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$1084
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$835
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$1839
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$1455
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$5726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.63
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$3.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$44.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$24916

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1604
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1559
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1533
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1863
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1710
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1847
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1894
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1961
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1689
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2039
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1975
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1827
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2348
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1748
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1990
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1838
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2043
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2025
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1993
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1945
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1411
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1784
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1808
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1832
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1763
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1987
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$2012
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1919
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1501
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1887
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1694
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2022
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1870