Bridgeport vs Hartford leftover
You'd keep $327 more a month in Hartford
$2,376/mo leftover in Hartford vs $2,049 in Bridgeport after tax and rent ($327 more). +$3,924 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Bridgeport leftover
$2,049
a month after tax and rent
Hartford leftover
$2,376
+$327 vs Bridgeport
Compare Bridgeport to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Bridgeport.
Monthly gap
Bridgeport → Hartford
$327
more / month in Hartford
$2,376 in Hartford · $2,049 in Bridgeport · 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, 595 households moved Bridgeport → Hartford (avg AGI $98,271). 487 went the other way. The whole move →
+$327 / mo
| Per month | Bridgeport | Hartford | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,542 | $8,098 | −$444 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,242 | $2,085 | −$157 |
| Take-home pay | $6,300 | $6,013 | −$287 |
| Rent | $2,313 | $1,625 | −$688 |
| Getting around | $457 | $519 | +$62 |
| Groceries | $408 | $412 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $459 | $464 | +$5 |
| Utilities | $255 | $258 | +$3 |
| Everything else | $357 | $361 | +$4 |
| Left over | $2,049 | $2,376 | +$327 |
To break even in Hartford, you'd need to earn
$91,000
Household gross, versus $102,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Bridgeport does now.
The tax difference alone
+$305
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.2% in Bridgeport, 25.7% in Hartford.
More about Hartford
Bridgeport, CT in full
State income tax topping out at 6.99%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $2,754 and 197 sunny days; commutes average 31 minutes.
Hartford, CT in full
Insurance-industry wages, cheap houses, and a 1.78% property tax rate.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Hartford on Hartford wages.
Hartford → Bridgeport →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Hartford than Bridgeport?
A one-bedroom is about $2,313 in Bridgeport versus $1,625 in Hartford. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $327 a month higher in Hartford. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Hartford have state income tax?
Hartford is in Connecticut, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Bridgeport to Hartford?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Connecticut 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 Bridgeport and Hartford 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.