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New Orleans vs. Oklahoma Cost of Living Summary

New Orleans is 10.9% more expensive than Oklahoma.

Restaurants: pay 31.3% more in New Orleans
Groceries: pay 16.0% more in New Orleans
Transportation: pay 10.6% more in New Orleans
Housing: pay 15.6% more in New Orleans
Childcare: pay 10.9% less in New Orleans
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.4% more in New Orleans
Clothing: pay 8.6% less in New Orleans

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

New Orleans vs. Oklahoma Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 31.3% more for restaurants

	Oklahoma	New Orleans
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$15.80	$25.00	+58.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.60	$12.00	+25.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.55	$2.99	+17.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.78	$2.22	+24.6%
Average			+31.3%

Oklahoma vs. New Orleans - Cost of restaurants

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pay 16.0% more for groceries

	Oklahoma	New Orleans
Bread 1 loaf	$2.79	$3.84	+37.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.25	$8.06	+53.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.94	$4.78	+21.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.16	$3.46	+9.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.58	$6.10	+33.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.20	$2.49	+13.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.81	$0.77	-4.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.88	$2.17	+15.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.26	$2.19	-3.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.46	$1.54	+5.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.46	$1.39	-4.9%
Average			+16.0%

Oklahoma vs. New Orleans - Cost of groceries

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pay 10.6% more for transportation

	Oklahoma	New Orleans
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.06	$3.07	+0.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$47.50	$45.00	-5.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$30,179.19	$36,884.90	+22.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.56	$15.68	+24.8%
Average			+10.6%

Oklahoma vs. New Orleans - Cost of transportation

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pay 15.6% more for housing

	Oklahoma	New Orleans
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$70.55	$70.24	-0.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,129.07	$1,788.46	+58.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$966.94	$1,119.08	+15.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$179.93	$159.89	-11.1%
Average			+15.6%

Oklahoma vs. New Orleans - Cost of housing

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pay 10.9% less for childcare

	Oklahoma	New Orleans
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,170.84	$1,563.89	+33.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,975.00	$10,230.00	-55.5%
Average			-10.9%

Oklahoma vs. New Orleans - Cost of childcare

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pay 22.4% more for entertainment and sports

	Oklahoma	New Orleans
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.05	$5.60	+10.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.26	$5.12	-2.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$8.72	$8.49	-2.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.67	$64.00	+95.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.60	$15.00	+10.3%
Average			+22.4%

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pay 8.6% less for clothing

	Oklahoma	New Orleans
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.23	$52.14	-2.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.01	$36.67	-8.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.56	$79.17	-13.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$125.44	$112.50	-10.3%
Average			-8.6%

Oklahoma 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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