Louisville vs Tulsa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Tulsa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$4437
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$1057
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$1765
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$72.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$3450
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	54
😀 Quality of life	87	85
🏙️ Population	246K	413K

The cost of living in Louisville is 2% less expensive than in Tulsa. Cities ranked 2336th and 2250th ($1821 vs $1851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th and 1871st 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 Tulsa. Ranked 78th vs 97th best cities to live in the United States, and 299th vs 364th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Tulsa

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	Louisville	Tulsa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$59.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$4.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$4.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$1762
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$1411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$1849
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1666
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$3.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$5.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$3.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$48.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$98.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$1071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$25283

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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 Tulsa

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
20 km or 12 mi	Bixby	$1874
20 km or 13 mi	Owasso	$1864
21 km or 13 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
36 km or 22 mi	Claremore	$1855
67 km or 41 mi	Muskogee	$1629
69 km or 43 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
102 km or 63 mi	Stillwater	$1748
120 km or 75 mi	Ponca	$1671
126 km or 78 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Shawnee	$1855
146 km or 91 mi	Edmond	$1621
150 km or 93 mi	Midwest	$1861
154 km or 96 mi	Bella Vista	$2114
156 km or 97 mi	Del	$1878
157 km or 97 mi	Bentonville	$2206
160 km or 99 mi	Fayetteville	$1968
161 km or 100 mi	Springdale	$2015
161 km or 100 mi	Oklahoma City	$1832
163 km or 101 mi	Van Buren	$1702
163 km or 101 mi	Rogers	$1785
165 km or 103 mi	Joplin	$1896
166 km or 103 mi	Fort Smith	$1411
167 km or 104 mi	Moore	$1946
168 km or 104 mi	Norman	$1989
177 km or 110 mi	Enid	$1814
178 km or 110 mi	Yukon	$1824
180 km or 112 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
181 km or 112 mi	Mustang	$1862
197 km or 122 mi	Derby	$1846
213 km or 132 mi	Wichita	$1811
242 km or 151 mi	Ardmore	$1865
247 km or 153 mi	Branson	$1578
247 km or 153 mi	Newton	$1730
254 km or 158 mi	Emporia	$1337
256 km or 159 mi	Duncan	$1816
257 km or 159 mi	Nixa	$1689
264 km or 164 mi	Springfield	$1534
270 km or 168 mi	Russellville	$1438
271 km or 168 mi	Denison	$2205