Cost of Living in Cleveland, OH, United States

RESTAURANTS

Cleveland is filled with world-class restaurants where you can try classic American cuisine, but there are also many ethnic restaurants in every neighborhood where you can have a taste of authentic world cuisine.

There are even food tours that introduce visitors to different districts by meal.

You can find many inexpensive restaurants where you can eat for only 15$.

MARKETS

The major supermarket chains in Cleveland are Giant Eagle, Dave’s, Heinen’s, Aldi, Whole Foods Market, and Trader Joe’s – the standard ones throughout America.

Apart from that, the nation’s two largest discount store chains Walmart and Target are also available in Cleveland and the prices for groceries are usually pretty low.

TRANSPORTATION

Many say that Cleveland is one of the easiest cities in the world to navigate since there are almost no one-way streets because the city was planned to have “European Avenues”.

Greater Cleveland also has both public bus services as well a rail transit system but you can save a lot of money too, because it’s expanding its bicycle trails and bicycle paths throughout the city.

UTILITIES (MONTHLY)

Utilities are not too expensive in Cleveland, if you look at the price of all included utilities for an apartment of a larger structure (85m2): for such an apartment, all basic utilities – including electricity, along with heating and cooling, water, gas, and garbage services – costs around 165.9$.

Internet is pretty pricey though, amounting up to 66$.

SPORTS & LEISURE

Cleveland has many cinemas and if you want to go and watch a movie in one of them, it will cost you around 13$.

Compared with the prices of everything else, enjoying some sports and fitness activities is way cheaper than in most other cities in the United States.

Becoming a member of a gym or a fitness club will cost you less than 42$ a month.

CLOTHING & SHOES

Downtown Cleveland has a Tower City Center which is a large urban complex, a retail mall, with hotels, and the Terminal Tower.

Here you can literally shop ’till you drop because its shops range from high-end to standard mall brands so you’ll find virtually everything.

Generally speaking, though, the prices of clothing are reasonable.

RENT PER MONTH

In terms of the price of housing and rent costs – you will love the news we have for you: Cleveland is somewhat cheaper than many major cities throughout the United States.

If you want to live in the center of Cleveland, the apartment will cost you around 1,477.27$ and if you’re looking for one a bit outside of the center, you’re looking at around 980.17 $$.