Clarksville vs Nashville leftover
Moving to Nashville costs you $45 a month
$2,678/mo leftover in Nashville vs $2,723 in Clarksville after tax and rent ($45 less). −$540 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Clarksville leftover
$2,723
a month after tax and rent
Nashville leftover
$2,678
−$45 vs Clarksville
Compare Clarksville to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Clarksville.
Monthly gap
Clarksville → Nashville
$45
less / month in Clarksville
$2,678 in Nashville · $2,723 in Clarksville · 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, 1,715 households moved Clarksville → Nashville (avg AGI $50,778). 2,369 went the other way. The whole move →
−$45 / mo
| Per month | Clarksville | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,000 | $7,587 | +$587 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,377 | $1,551 | +$174 |
| Take-home pay | $5,623 | $6,036 | +$413 |
| Rent | $984 | $1,392 | +$408 |
| Getting around | $570 | $559 | −$11 |
| Groceries | $371 | $388 | +$17 |
| Healthcare | $418 | $437 | +$19 |
| Utilities | $232 | $243 | +$11 |
| Everything else | $325 | $340 | +$15 |
| Left over | $2,723 | $2,678 | −$45 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$92,000
Household gross, versus $84,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Clarksville does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Clarksville, TN in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,172 and 211 sunny days; commutes average 26 minutes.
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.
Nashville → Clarksville →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Nashville than Clarksville?
A one-bedroom is about $984 in Clarksville versus $1,392 in Nashville. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $45 a month lower in Nashville. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Nashville have state income tax?
Nashville is in Tennessee, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Clarksville to Nashville?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Tennessee 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 Clarksville and Nashville 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.