Houston, TX → Colorado Springs, CO
Moving to Colorado Springs costs you $815 a month
−$9,780 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 447 households moved Houston → Colorado Springs (avg AGI $63,859). 348 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Houston | Colorado Springs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,412 | −$546 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,771 | +$111 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,641 | −$657 |
| Rent | $1,199 | $1,301 | +$102 |
| Getting around | $572 | $571 | −$1 |
| Groceries | $380 | $396 | +$16 |
| Healthcare | $428 | $446 | +$18 |
| Utilities | $238 | $248 | +$10 |
| Everything else | $333 | $347 | +$14 |
| Left over | $3,149 | $2,334 | −$815 |
To break even in Colorado Springs, you'd need to earn
$104,000
Household gross, versus $95,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Houston does now.
The tax difference alone
−$3,271
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.9% in Houston, 23.9% in Colorado Springs.
More about Colorado Springs
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
Colorado Springs, CO in full
Denver's mountains and sunshine, with the lowest property tax on this list.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Colorado Springs on Colorado Springs wages.
Colorado Springs → Houston →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.