Harrisonburg vs Charlottesville leftover
You'd keep $902 more a month in Charlottesville
$2,337/mo leftover in Charlottesville vs $1,435 in Harrisonburg after tax and rent ($902 more). +$10,824 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Harrisonburg leftover
$1,435
a month after tax and rent
Charlottesville leftover
$2,337
+$902 vs Harrisonburg
Compare Harrisonburg to another metro
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Monthly gap
Harrisonburg → Charlottesville
$902
more / month in Charlottesville
$2,337 in Charlottesville · $1,435 in Harrisonburg · 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, 82 households moved Harrisonburg → Charlottesville (avg AGI $66,159). 56 went the other way. The whole move →
+$902 / mo
| Per month | Harrisonburg | Charlottesville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,250 | $7,651 | +$1,401 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $1,947 | +$496 |
| Take-home pay | $4,799 | $5,704 | +$905 |
| Rent | $1,395 | $1,517 | +$122 |
| Getting around | $564 | $445 | −$119 |
| Groceries | $388 | $388 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $436 | $0 |
| Utilities | $242 | $242 | $0 |
| Everything else | $339 | $339 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,435 | $2,337 | +$902 |
To break even in Charlottesville, you'd need to earn
$75,000
Household gross, versus $75,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Harrisonburg does now.
The tax difference alone
−$967
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.2% in Harrisonburg, 25.5% in Charlottesville.
More about Charlottesville
Harrisonburg, VA in full
State income tax topping out at 5.75%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,661 and 220 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
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.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Charlottesville on Charlottesville wages.
Charlottesville → Harrisonburg →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Charlottesville than Harrisonburg?
A one-bedroom is about $1,395 in Harrisonburg versus $1,517 in Charlottesville. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $902 a month higher in Charlottesville. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Charlottesville have state income tax?
Charlottesville is in Virginia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Harrisonburg to Charlottesville?
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 Harrisonburg and Charlottesville 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.