Louisville vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$3578
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	34
😀 Quality of life	87	80
🏙️ Population	246K	543K

The cost of living in Louisville is 7% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 2336th and 1962nd ($1821 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 1679th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Ranked 78th vs 156th best cities to live in the United States, and 299th vs 561st 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	$65.5	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262