Kingston vs Elmira leftover
You'd keep $66 more a month in Elmira
$2,384/mo leftover in Elmira vs $2,318 in Kingston after tax and rent ($66 more). +$792 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Kingston leftover
$2,318
a month after tax and rent
Elmira leftover
$2,384
+$66 vs Kingston
Compare Kingston to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Kingston.
Monthly gap
Kingston → Elmira
$66
more / month in Elmira
$2,384 in Elmira · $2,318 in Kingston · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$66 / mo
| Per month | Kingston | Elmira | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,792 | $7,034 | −$758 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,992 | $1,723 | −$268 |
| Take-home pay | $5,800 | $5,311 | −$490 |
| Rent | $1,541 | $898 | −$643 |
| Getting around | $502 | $590 | +$88 |
| Groceries | $397 | $397 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $446 | $0 |
| Utilities | $248 | $248 | $0 |
| Everything else | $347 | $347 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,318 | $2,384 | +$66 |
To break even in Elmira, you'd need to earn
$83,000
Household gross, versus $93,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Kingston does now.
The tax difference alone
+$525
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.6% in Kingston, 24.5% in Elmira.
More about Elmira
Kingston, NY in full
State income tax topping out at 9.65%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,834 and 179 sunny days; commutes average 28 minutes.
Elmira, NY in full
State income tax topping out at 9.65%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,069 and 164 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Elmira on Elmira wages.
Elmira → Kingston →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Elmira than Kingston?
A one-bedroom is about $1,541 in Kingston versus $898 in Elmira. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $66 a month higher in Elmira. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Elmira have state income tax?
Elmira is in New York, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Kingston to Elmira?
Take-home pay is recalculated under New York 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 Kingston and Elmira 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.