Kingsport vs Nashville leftover
You'd keep $125 more a month in Nashville
$2,668/mo leftover in Nashville vs $2,543 in Kingsport after tax and rent ($125 more). +$1,500 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Kingsport leftover
$2,543
a month after tax and rent
Nashville leftover
$2,668
+$125 vs Kingsport
Compare Kingsport to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Kingsport.
Monthly gap
Kingsport → Nashville
$125
more / month in Nashville
$2,668 in Nashville · $2,543 in Kingsport · 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, 58 households moved Kingsport → Nashville (avg AGI $76,034). 46 went the other way. The whole move →
+$125 / mo
| Per month | Kingsport | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,667 | $7,572 | +$906 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,278 | $1,546 | +$269 |
| Take-home pay | $5,389 | $6,026 | +$637 |
| Rent | $932 | $1,392 | +$460 |
| Getting around | $565 | $559 | −$6 |
| Groceries | $372 | $388 | +$16 |
| Healthcare | $419 | $437 | +$18 |
| Utilities | $233 | $243 | +$10 |
| Everything else | $326 | $340 | +$14 |
| Left over | $2,543 | $2,668 | +$125 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$88,500
Household gross, versus $80,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Kingsport does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Kingsport, TN in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,109 and 205 sunny days; commutes average 23 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 → Kingsport →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Nashville than Kingsport?
A one-bedroom is about $932 in Kingsport versus $1,392 in Nashville. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $125 a month higher 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 Kingsport 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 Kingsport 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.