2025 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Long Beach, CA vs Brownsville, TX

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Is it cheaper to live in Brownsville or is it cheaper to live in Long Beach?
- Brownsville is 53.7% less expensive than Long Beach.

Which city has more affordable housing, Brownsville or Long Beach?
- Brownsville housing costs are 82.8% less expensive than Long Beach housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Long Beach or is Health Care more affordable in Brownsville.
- Health related expenses are 15.3% more in Brownsville.
 Long Beach, CABrownsville, TXUnited States
 Overall  Unlock74.9100
 Food & Groceries101.9  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock100.0100
 Housing254.0  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$162,600$338,100
 Utilities97  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock85.6100
 Miscellaneous133.4  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Brownsville    8 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Brownsville, TX- Well, I’ve lived here about 5 years now and it’s pretty different. If you speak Spanish you stand a better chance of success. It’s REALLY culturally  More

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ignore all comments. There 1 teacher and 30 students per class or 28. I have not run into any drugs or drug addicts in my life. I would suggest stick to good  More

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Over 16 years ago

too  More

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