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Niles, MI
$2,380after tax and rent
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain
On a $83,730 household paycheck in Niles.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Niles are above the US rate in this release, 7.3 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
69
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 68.7, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
These figures are projections built from available public data. Conditions change, and the numbers may not reflect current prices, taxes, or immigration rules. Check official sources before you make decisions.
After tax and rent
$2,380
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
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Stats
- Rent
- $1,190
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,298
- Per month
- Tax
- 24%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 6% below
- US, besides rent
Next
$2,380 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
See full breakdown
- Taxes$1,679
- Rent$1,000
- Other$1,918
- Left$2,380
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (MI)
- −$3,321
- City / county wage tax
- −$837
- Take-home pay
- $63,576
- Effective tax rate
- 24.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,000
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,918
After tax and rent
$2,380 left/mo
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $4,348 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,000.
- Work from home
- 9.6% of workers
- ACS 2024 1-year
- Home internet
- 64.9% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2024 1-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
21 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 21 minutes each way
- Size
- 153k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $211,400. About $1,542/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Michigan income tax is a flat 4.25%, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. Sales tax 6.0%, property tax 1.11%.
Schools
- Students
- 25,286
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Districts
- 19
- Berrien Springs Public Schools4,993 students
- Niles Community Schools3,143 students
- St. Joseph Public Schools2,930 students
- Lakeshore School District (Berrien)2,635 students
- Buchanan Community Schools1,577 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 5.
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Take-home by job in Niles
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Niles calculated?
Niles is in Michigan, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.00%. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Niles?
About $1,000 for a one-bedroom and $1,190 for a two-bedroom in Niles, MI. Niles averages 182 sunny days, a July high of 78°F, and a 21-minute commute.
How do I compare Niles with another city?
Put Niles next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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