Cost of living comparison
Bellevue is 24.7% more expensive than Austin.
If you lived in Bellevue instead of Austin, you would:
pay 7.4% more for restaurants
Austin
|
Bellevue
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$20.00
|
$32.50
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
|
$8.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.57
|
$2.18
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.93
|
$1.88
|
|
pay 9.5% more for groceries
Austin
|
Bellevue
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.84
|
$2.91
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.85
|
$6.43
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.18
|
$3.66
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.93
|
$3.53
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.50
|
$6.59
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.37
|
$2.25
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.72
|
$0.79
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.71
|
$2.31
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.36
|
$2.19
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.21
|
$1.22
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.14
|
$1.25
|
|
pay 25.9% more for transportation
Austin
|
Bellevue
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.40
|
$4.56
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$46.96
|
$90.00
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$31,000.00
|
$22,000.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$14.93
|
$15.93
|
|
pay 3.4% more for housing
Austin
|
Bellevue
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$73.16
|
$62.50
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,457.21
|
$2,628.57
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,656.82
|
$2,300.00
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$166.53
|
$136.99
|
|
pay 87.2% more for childcare
Austin
|
Bellevue
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,208.00
|
$2,200.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$10,400.00
|
$20,000.00
|
|
pay 60.7% more for entertainment and sports
Austin
|
Bellevue
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$6.00
|
$9.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.07
|
$4.81
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.00
|
$9.19
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$44.93
|
$158.33
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$13.12
|
$12.00
|
|
pay 21.2% less for clothing
Austin
|
Bellevue
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$63.12
|
$48.87
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$48.68
|
$32.99
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$93.93
|
$80.00
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$133.21
|
$113.17
|
|
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