Bridgeport vs New Haven leftover
You'd keep $224 more a month in New Haven
$2,273/mo leftover in New Haven vs $2,049 in Bridgeport after tax and rent ($224 more). +$2,688 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
New Haven leftover
$2,273
+$224 vs Bridgeport
Compare Bridgeport to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Bridgeport.
Monthly gap
Bridgeport → New Haven
$224
more / month in New Haven
$2,273 in New Haven · $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, 2,112 households moved Bridgeport → New Haven (avg AGI $75,313). 1,338 went the other way. The whole move →
+$224 / mo
| Per month | Bridgeport | New Haven | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,542 | $7,973 | −$568 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,242 | $2,041 | −$201 |
| Take-home pay | $6,300 | $5,932 | −$368 |
| Rent | $2,313 | $1,655 | −$658 |
| Getting around | $457 | $524 | +$67 |
| Groceries | $408 | $408 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $459 | $459 | $0 |
| Utilities | $255 | $255 | $0 |
| Everything else | $357 | $357 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,049 | $2,273 | +$224 |
To break even in New Haven, you'd need to earn
$91,500
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
+$388
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.2% in Bridgeport, 25.6% in New Haven.
More about New Haven
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.
New Haven, CT in full
State income tax topping out at 6.99%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,970 and 201 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from New Haven on New Haven wages.
New Haven → Bridgeport →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in New Haven than Bridgeport?
A one-bedroom is about $2,313 in Bridgeport versus $1,655 in New Haven. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $224 a month higher in New Haven. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does New Haven have state income tax?
New Haven is in Connecticut, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Bridgeport to New Haven?
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 New Haven 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.