Milwaukee vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$2831
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	82	87
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	577K	518K

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 16% more expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 1702nd and 2490th ($2054 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th 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 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 240th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Sheffield

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	Milwaukee	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$9487

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

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