Columbus, OH → Louisville, KY
Moving to Louisville costs you $165 a month
−$1,980 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 106 households moved Columbus → Louisville (avg AGI $43,132). 152 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Columbus | Louisville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,349 | −$234 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,888 | $1,925 | +$37 |
| Take-home pay | $5,695 | $5,424 | −$271 |
| Rent | $1,174 | $1,064 | −$110 |
| Getting around | $526 | $545 | +$19 |
| Groceries | $372 | $368 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $419 | $414 | −$5 |
| Utilities | $233 | $230 | −$3 |
| Everything else | $326 | $322 | −$4 |
| Left over | $2,646 | $2,481 | −$165 |
To break even in Louisville, you'd need to earn
$91,500
Household gross, versus $91,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Columbus does now.
The tax difference alone
−$1,276
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.9% in Columbus, 26.2% in Louisville.
More about Louisville
Columbus, OH in full
The most affordable large metro with a growing white-collar job base.
Louisville, KY in full
Cheap, central, and warmer than the rest of the Midwest.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Louisville on Louisville wages.
Louisville → Columbus →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.