Here's a list of flooring option choices and costs from a concrete polishing company (not local to me). It's no surprise they show polished concrete as having the lowest long term cost. FAR lower long term cost than vinyl linoleum, though vinyl flooring starts about 40% cheaper, it requires constant maintenance and is only projected to have 9 year lifespan.
Well that's for flooring perfectionists. I have cheap vinyl flooring in my kitchen and bathrooms. It's now 27 years old and may go another few years for replacement, though it probably should have been replaced about 18 years ago when I moved into this house. It's mostly intact, though now impossible to get fully clean in the master bath, and has some quarter-sized holes in the kitchen. So the long term cost depends on many factors, ESPECIALLY how perfectionistic you are about flooring.
On the other hand, quite possibly a polished concrete floor, though only shown as having 20 year lifespan, could go 50 years or more for the non-perfectionist. So it could be a rest-of-my-life type choice, while hopefully vinyl wold not be.
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