Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Virgin Islands
  3. United States
  4. Comparison
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COMPARED TO
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Virgin Islands is 18.2% cheaper than United States.

If you lived in United States instead of Virgin Islands, you would:
local_dining

pay 22.7% less for restaurants

  Virgin Islands help_outline United States help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $19.38 $13.54 -30.1%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $7.83 $7.28 -7.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.83 $1.78 -2.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $2.04 $1.43 -29.9%
Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 33.3% less for groceries

  Virgin Islands help_outline United States help_outline  
Bread
1 loaf
 $4.23 $2.58 -38.9%
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.78 $5.28 -8.6%
Milk (1 gallon) $6.84 $3.15 -54.0%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.17 $2.29 -27.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $5.60 $3.89 -30.6%
Apples (1 lb) $2.97 $2.01 -32.4%
Bananas (1 lb) $1.47 $0.70 -52.5%
Oranges (1 lb) $2.97 $1.86 -37.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $2.78 $1.82 -34.4%
Potatoes (1 lb) $1.71 $1.16 -32.0%
Onions (1 lb) $2.10 $1.17 -44.1%
Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 17.0% more for transportation

  Virgin Islands help_outline United States help_outline  
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.14 $2.74 -12.8%
Monthly public transit pass $30.00 $58.82 +96.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $21,664.66
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $34.85 $17.34 -50.2%
Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 11.7% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $86.29 $63.66 -26.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,275.31 $1,140.46 -10.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,023.96 $963.54 -5.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $206.28 $120.78 -41.4%
Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 30.4% more for childcare

  Virgin Islands help_outline United States help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $450.00 $827.50 +83.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $13,000.00 $16,711.80 +28.6%
Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 45.4% less for entertainment and sports

  Virgin Islands help_outline United States help_outline  
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.12 $4.35 +5.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.21 $3.99 -23.5%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.17 $7.34 +42.2%
Monthly membership at local gym $93.12 $37.07 -60.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $9.83 $11.39 +15.9%
Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 9.3% less for clothing

  Virgin Islands help_outline United States help_outline  
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $38.33 $42.23 +10.2%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $40.00 $34.48 -13.8%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $88.17 $73.53 -16.6%
Men's business shoes (leather) $101.67 $92.94 -8.6%
Virgin Islands vs. United States - 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: February 2020
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