Cost of Living Comparison

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United States is 13.5% cheaper than Virgin Islands.

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

pay 12.7% less for restaurants

	Virgin Islands	United States
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$18.00	$13.96	-22.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00	$7.62	-4.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.12	$1.89	-11.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.75	$1.53	-12.8%
Average			-12.7%

Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of restaurants

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pay 24.5% less for groceries

	Virgin Islands	United States
Bread 1 loaf	$3.89	$2.71	-30.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.20	$5.53	+31.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.55	$3.25	-57.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.66	$2.39	-34.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.19	$4.11	-20.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.93	$2.12	-27.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.99	$0.75	-62.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$3.18	$1.91	-40.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.31	$1.93	-16.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.22	$1.25	+2.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.50	$1.28	-14.4%
Average			-24.5%

Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of groceries

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pay 39.3% less for transportation

	Virgin Islands	United States
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.17	$2.78	-12.2%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$63.20
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,000.00	$22,884.28	-30.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$64.71	$16.24	-74.9%
Average			-39.3%

Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of transportation

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pay 30.6% less for housing

	Virgin Islands	United States
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$98.78	$66.60	-32.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,527.78	$1,219.93	-20.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,486.11	$1,023.89	-31.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$205.68	$126.32	-38.6%
Average			-30.6%

Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of housing

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pay 11.9% more for childcare

	Virgin Islands	United States
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$682.50	$892.01	+30.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$15,744.44	$14,670.22	-6.8%
Average			+11.9%

Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Virgin Islands	United States
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00	$4.57	+14.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.08	$4.20	-17.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.00	$7.61	+52.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$121.11	$39.75	-67.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.25	$11.82	+27.8%
Average			+2.0%

Virgin Islands vs. United States - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 1.4% less for clothing

	Virgin Islands	United States
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$40.00	$44.12	+10.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.00	$36.26	-9.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$80.00	$75.91	-5.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$97.00
Average			-1.4%

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: September 2020

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