Midland vs Evansville leftover
Moving to Evansville costs you $957 a month
$2,524/mo leftover in Evansville vs $3,481 in Midland after tax and rent ($957 less). −$11,484 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Midland leftover
$3,481
a month after tax and rent
Evansville leftover
$2,524
−$957 vs Midland
Compare Midland to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Midland.
Monthly gap
Midland → Evansville
$957
less / month in Midland
$2,524 in Evansville · $3,481 in Midland · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
−$957 / mo
| Per month | Midland | Evansville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,417 | $7,091 | −$1,326 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,797 | $1,720 | −$77 |
| Take-home pay | $6,620 | $5,370 | −$1,249 |
| Rent | $1,254 | $893 | −$361 |
| Getting around | $570 | $581 | +$11 |
| Groceries | $363 | $378 | +$15 |
| Healthcare | $408 | $426 | +$18 |
| Utilities | $227 | $237 | +$10 |
| Everything else | $317 | $331 | +$14 |
| Left over | $3,481 | $2,524 | −$957 |
To break even in Evansville, you'd need to earn
$102,500
Household gross, versus $101,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Midland does now.
The tax difference alone
−$3,799
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 21.3% in Midland, 24.3% in Evansville.
More about Evansville
Midland, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,493 and 263 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
Evansville, IN in full
A flat 3% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,063 and 215 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Evansville on Evansville wages.
Evansville → Midland →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Evansville than Midland?
A one-bedroom is about $1,254 in Midland versus $893 in Evansville. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $957 a month lower in Evansville. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Evansville have state income tax?
Evansville is in Indiana, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.50%.
What changes if you move from Midland to Evansville?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Indiana 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 Midland and Evansville 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.