Louisville vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$3621
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	33
😀 Quality of life	89	82
🏙️ Population	246K	543K

The cost of living in Louisville is 5% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 2519th and 2194th ($1847 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 1737th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Ranked 89th vs 202nd best cities to live in the United States, and 281st vs 634th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Tucson

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	Louisville	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$15639

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245