New Jersey vs. Haiti Cost of Living Summary

New Jersey is 90.1% more expensive than Haiti overall.

Groceries
pay 42.1% more in New Jersey
Transportation
pay 2.3 times more in New Jersey
Housing
pay 2.3 times more in New Jersey
Entertainment and Sports
pay 2.7 times more in New Jersey
Clothing
pay 28.1% less in New Jersey

The cost of entertainment and sports, housing, transportation, and groceries in New Jersey are more expensive than in Haiti. Notably, entertainment and sports, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in New Jersey.

New Jersey vs. Haiti Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Jersey instead of Haiti, you would:

pay (unknown) more for restaurants

 
Haiti
New Jersey
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant ?? $19.81
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
?? $12.13
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) ?? $2.49
 

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pay 42.1% more for groceries

 
Haiti
New Jersey
Bread
1 loaf
$2.67
HTG349.72
$4.23
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.07
HTG402.00
$6.84
 
Milk (1 gallon) $11.56
HTG1,512.98
$4.80
 

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pay 2.3 times more for transportation

 
Haiti
New Jersey
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.28
HTG559.57
$3.89
 
Monthly public transit pass $20.00
HTG2,616.44
$114.22
 
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $33,697.81
 

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

 
Haiti
New Jersey
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $58.90
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $909.78
HTG119K
$2,298.53
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $889.79
HTG116K
$1,927.67
 

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Haiti
New Jersey
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $1,975.92
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $24,015.26
 

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pay 2.7 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Haiti
New Jersey
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) ?? $7.10
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area ?? $5.33
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.53
HTG199.84
$13.31
 

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pay 28.1% less for clothing

 
Haiti
New Jersey
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $52.33
 
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$74.98
HTG9,811.64
$53.93
 
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $90.27
 

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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated November 2026). How we calculate this

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