Eugene vs Grants Pass leftover
You'd keep $110 more a month in Grants Pass
$1,373/mo leftover in Grants Pass vs $1,263 in Eugene after tax and rent ($110 more). +$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.
Eugene leftover
$1,263
a month after tax and rent
Grants Pass leftover
$1,373
+$110 vs Eugene
Compare Eugene to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Eugene.
Monthly gap
Eugene → Grants Pass
$110
more / month in Grants Pass
$1,373 in Grants Pass · $1,263 in Eugene · 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, 53 households moved Eugene → Grants Pass (avg AGI $34,245). 68 went the other way. The whole move →
+$110 / mo
| Per month | Eugene | Grants Pass | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,542 | $6,409 | −$133 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,768 | $1,717 | −$51 |
| Take-home pay | $4,774 | $4,692 | −$82 |
| Rent | $1,403 | $1,128 | −$275 |
| Getting around | $535 | $618 | +$83 |
| Groceries | $434 | $434 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $488 | $488 | $0 |
| Utilities | $271 | $271 | $0 |
| Everything else | $380 | $380 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,263 | $1,373 | +$110 |
To break even in Grants Pass, you'd need to earn
$75,000
Household gross, versus $78,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Eugene does now.
The tax difference alone
+$139
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 27.0% in Eugene, 26.8% in Grants Pass.
More about Grants Pass
Eugene, OR in full
State income tax topping out at 9.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,670 and 157 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
Grants Pass, OR in full
State income tax topping out at 9.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,343 and 199 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Grants Pass on Grants Pass wages.
Grants Pass → Eugene →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Grants Pass than Eugene?
A one-bedroom is about $1,403 in Eugene versus $1,128 in Grants Pass. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $110 a month higher in Grants Pass. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Grants Pass have state income tax?
Grants Pass is in Oregon, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Eugene to Grants Pass?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Oregon 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 Eugene and Grants Pass 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.