Charlottesville vs Virginia Beach leftover
Moving to Virginia Beach costs you $110 a month
$2,237/mo leftover in Virginia Beach vs $2,347 in Charlottesville after tax and rent ($110 less). −$1,320 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Charlottesville leftover
$2,347
a month after tax and rent
Virginia Beach leftover
$2,237
−$110 vs Charlottesville
Compare Charlottesville to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Charlottesville.
Monthly gap
Charlottesville → Virginia Beach
$110
less / month in Charlottesville
$2,237 in Virginia Beach · $2,347 in Charlottesville · 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, 34 households moved Charlottesville → Virginia Beach (avg AGI $69,735). 56 went the other way. The whole move →
−$110 / mo
| Per month | Charlottesville | Virginia Beach | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,667 | $7,558 | −$109 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,953 | $1,914 | −$39 |
| Take-home pay | $5,714 | $5,643 | −$71 |
| Rent | $1,517 | $1,454 | −$63 |
| Getting around | $445 | $547 | +$102 |
| Groceries | $388 | $388 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $436 | $0 |
| Utilities | $242 | $242 | $0 |
| Everything else | $339 | $339 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,347 | $2,237 | −$110 |
To break even in Virginia Beach, you'd need to earn
$92,500
Household gross, versus $92,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Charlottesville does now.
The tax difference alone
+$75
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.5% in Charlottesville, 25.3% in Virginia Beach.
More about Virginia Beach
Charlottesville, VA in full
State income tax topping out at 5.75%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,806 and 215 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
Virginia Beach, VA in full
State income tax topping out at 5.75%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,731 and 219 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Virginia Beach on Virginia Beach wages.
Virginia Beach → Charlottesville →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Virginia Beach than Charlottesville?
A one-bedroom is about $1,517 in Charlottesville versus $1,454 in Virginia Beach. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $110 a month lower in Virginia Beach. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Virginia Beach have state income tax?
Virginia Beach is in Virginia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Charlottesville to Virginia Beach?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Virginia 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 Charlottesville and Virginia Beach 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.