Cost of living comparison
Nashville is 32.3% more expensive than Louisville.
If you lived in Nashville instead of Louisville, you would:
pay 17.8% more for restaurants
Louisville
|
Nashville
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$16.00
|
$19.50
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$9.00
|
$9.43
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.89
|
$2.25
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.45
|
$1.82
|
|
pay 27.6% more for groceries
Louisville
|
Nashville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.92
|
$3.75
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.50
|
$7.35
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.46
|
$3.91
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.62
|
$4.30
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.21
|
$7.27
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.57
|
$2.70
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.74
|
$0.87
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.11
|
$1.77
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.03
|
$1.98
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.00
|
$1.32
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.15
|
$1.27
|
|
pay 25.3% more for transportation
Louisville
|
Nashville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.39
|
$3.33
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$42.50
|
$67.50
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,000.00
|
$25,000.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$14.28
|
$16.97
|
|
pay 38.9% more for housing
Louisville
|
Nashville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$61.56
|
$79.67
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,290.00
|
$2,111.76
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$929.44
|
$1,570.00
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$146.78
|
$137.41
|
|
pay 78.2% more for childcare
Louisville
|
Nashville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$826.67
|
$1,240.71
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$15,750.00
|
$32,500.00
|
|
pay 35.5% more for entertainment and sports
Louisville
|
Nashville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.50
|
$5.50
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.38
|
$4.99
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$6.00
|
$8.12
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$29.91
|
$60.75
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$12.50
|
$15.50
|
|
pay 3.1% more for clothing
Louisville
|
Nashville
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$46.75
|
$48.42
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$30.50
|
$33.16
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$82.86
|
$88.25
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$130.00
|
$122.00
|
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