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New Orleans vs. Minnesota Cost of Living Summary

New Orleans is 4.0% more expensive than Minnesota.

Restaurants: pay 21.9% more in New Orleans
Groceries: pay 9.8% more in New Orleans
Transportation: pay 7.6% less in New Orleans
Housing: pay 22.6% more in New Orleans
Childcare: pay 17.9% less in New Orleans
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.7% more in New Orleans
Clothing: pay 5.5% less in New Orleans

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

New Orleans vs. Minnesota Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 21.9% more for restaurants

	Minnesota	New Orleans
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.25	$25.00	+44.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.44	$12.00	+15.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.57	$2.99	+16.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.99	$2.22	+11.5%
Average			+21.9%

Minnesota vs. New Orleans - Cost of restaurants

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pay 9.8% more for groceries

	Minnesota	New Orleans
Bread 1 loaf	$3.24	$3.84	+18.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.95	$8.06	+62.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.64	$4.78	+31.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.38	$3.46	+2.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.83	$6.10	+4.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.46	$2.49	+1.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.84	$0.77	-7.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.36	$2.17	-8.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.21	$2.19	-1.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.40	$1.54	+9.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.48	$1.39	-5.7%
Average			+9.8%

Minnesota vs. New Orleans - Cost of groceries

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pay 7.6% less for transportation

	Minnesota	New Orleans
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.27	$3.07	-6.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$75.17	$45.00	-40.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,650.12	$36,884.90	+13.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$15.25	$15.68	+2.8%
Average			-7.6%

Minnesota vs. New Orleans - Cost of transportation

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pay 22.6% more for housing

	Minnesota	New Orleans
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$66.32	$70.24	+5.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,195.42	$1,788.46	+49.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,106.51	$1,119.08	+1.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$119.54	$159.89	+33.8%
Average			+22.6%

Minnesota vs. New Orleans - Cost of housing

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pay 17.9% less for childcare

	Minnesota	New Orleans
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,324.96	$1,563.89	+18.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,140.67	$10,230.00	-53.8%
Average			-17.9%

Minnesota vs. New Orleans - Cost of childcare

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pay 4.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Minnesota	New Orleans
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.62	$5.60	-0.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.50	$5.12	-6.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.80	$8.49	-13.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$48.87	$64.00	+31.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.28	$15.00	+12.9%
Average			+4.7%

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pay 5.5% less for clothing

	Minnesota	New Orleans
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.74	$52.14	-1.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.94	$36.67	-23.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$84.66	$79.17	-6.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.00	$112.50	+9.2%
Average			-5.5%

Minnesota 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: January 2025

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