Boston vs Barnstable Town leftover
You'd keep $89 more a month in Barnstable Town
$2,039/mo leftover in Barnstable Town vs $1,950 in Boston after tax and rent ($89 more). +$1,068 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Boston leftover
$1,950
a month after tax and rent
Barnstable Town leftover
$2,039
+$89 vs Boston
Compare Boston to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Boston.
Monthly gap
Boston → Barnstable Town
$89
more / month in Barnstable Town
$2,039 in Barnstable Town · $1,950 in Boston · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 2,397 households moved Boston → Barnstable Town (avg AGI $191,998). 2,227 went the other way. The whole move →
+$89 / mo
| Per month | Boston | Barnstable Town | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $9,042 | $8,028 | −$1,013 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,416 | $2,065 | −$351 |
| Take-home pay | $6,626 | $5,964 | −$662 |
| Rent | $2,549 | $1,938 | −$611 |
| Getting around | $445 | $535 | +$90 |
| Groceries | $464 | $400 | −$64 |
| Healthcare | $522 | $450 | −$72 |
| Utilities | $290 | $250 | −$40 |
| Everything else | $406 | $350 | −$56 |
| Left over | $1,950 | $2,039 | +$89 |
To break even in Barnstable Town, you'd need to earn
$94,500
Household gross, versus $108,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Boston does now.
The tax difference alone
+$608
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.7% in Boston, 25.7% in Barnstable Town.
More about Barnstable Town
Boston, MA in full
Great pay in medicine and research, brutal winters, tight housing stock.
Barnstable Town, MA in full
A flat 5% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $2,307 and 181 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Barnstable Town on Barnstable Town wages.
Barnstable Town → Boston →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Barnstable Town than Boston?
A one-bedroom is about $2,549 in Boston versus $1,938 in Barnstable Town. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $89 a month higher in Barnstable Town. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Barnstable Town have state income tax?
Barnstable Town is in Massachusetts, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Boston to Barnstable Town?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Massachusetts tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Boston and Barnstable Town moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.