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New Orleans vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

New Orleans is 2.4 times more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.4 times more in New Orleans
Groceries: pay 3.4 times more in New Orleans
Transportation: pay 6.6% less in New Orleans
Housing: pay 2.6 times more in New Orleans
Childcare: pay 4.4 times more in New Orleans
Entertainment and Sports: pay 98.5% more in New Orleans
Clothing: pay 3.7% less in New Orleans

The cost of childcare, groceries, housing, restaurants, and entertainment and sports in New Orleans are more expensive than in Lebanon. Expenses including transportation and clothing are lower in New Orleans. Notably, childcare, groceries, and housing are significantly more expensive in New Orleans.

New Orleans vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Orleans instead of Lebanon, you would:

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pay 2.4 times more for restaurants

	Lebanon	New Orleans
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP686,023	$26.00	+239.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP716,459	$12.00	+50.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,779	$2.96	+81.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,287	$2.10	+176.1%
Average			+136.8%

Lebanon vs. New Orleans - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.4 times more for groceries

	Lebanon	New Orleans
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,845	$4.10	+581.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP353,565	$7.67	+94.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP497,956	$5.27	-5.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,892	$4.54	+94.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP317,082	$4.97	+40.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,289	$2.31	+237.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,876	$0.78	+71.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,459	$2.30	+465.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,590	$2.46	+429.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,468	$1.91	+479.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,236	$1.33	+196.5%
Average			+244.0%

Lebanon vs. New Orleans - Cost of groceries

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pay 6.6% less for transportation

	Lebanon	New Orleans
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP307,798	$2.98	-13.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,492,907	$45.00	-37.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,574,773,435	$36,884.90	+28.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,432,917	$15.43	-3.6%
Average			-6.6%

Lebanon vs. New Orleans - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.6 times more for housing

	Lebanon	New Orleans
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,396,290	$71.46	+88.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,151,017	$1,825.00	+219.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,877,038	$1,166.67	+320.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,482,089	$174.91	+25.5%
Average			+163.3%

Lebanon vs. New Orleans - Cost of housing

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pay 4.4 times more for childcare

	Lebanon	New Orleans
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,277,388	$1,563.89	+528.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP366,625,348	$10,230.00	+149.9%
Average			+339.3%

Lebanon vs. New Orleans - Cost of childcare

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pay 98.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	New Orleans
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP358,229	$6.00	+50.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP259,027	$5.61	+93.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP226,132	$8.75	+246.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,843,502	$62.00	+44.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP738,848	$13.00	+57.6%
Average			+98.5%

Lebanon vs. New Orleans - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 3.7% less for clothing

	Lebanon	New Orleans
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,785,720	$55.00	+2.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,477,867	$43.00	-14.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,129,873	$71.00	-30.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,964,206	$112.50	+26.5%
Average			-3.7%

Lebanon vs. New Orleans - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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