Morgantown vs Huntington leftover
You'd keep $95 more a month in Huntington
$2,301/mo leftover in Huntington vs $2,206 in Morgantown after tax and rent ($95 more). +$1,140 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Morgantown leftover
$2,206
a month after tax and rent
Huntington leftover
$2,301
+$95 vs Morgantown
Compare Morgantown to another metro
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Monthly gap
Morgantown → Huntington
$95
more / month in Huntington
$2,301 in Huntington · $2,206 in Morgantown · 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, 43 households moved Morgantown → Huntington (avg AGI $73,349). 60 went the other way. The whole move →
+$95 / mo
| Per month | Morgantown | Huntington | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,500 | $6,641 | +$141 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,472 | $1,520 | +$48 |
| Take-home pay | $5,028 | $5,120 | +$92 |
| Rent | $869 | $801 | −$68 |
| Getting around | $538 | $607 | +$69 |
| Groceries | $390 | $389 | −$1 |
| Healthcare | $439 | $438 | −$1 |
| Utilities | $244 | $243 | −$1 |
| Everything else | $342 | $341 | −$1 |
| Left over | $2,206 | $2,301 | +$95 |
To break even in Huntington, you'd need to earn
$78,000
Household gross, versus $78,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Morgantown does now.
The tax difference alone
−$81
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.6% in Morgantown, 22.9% in Huntington.
More about Huntington
Morgantown, WV in full
State income tax topping out at 4.82%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,035 and 186 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
Huntington, WV in full
State income tax topping out at 4.82%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $954 and 199 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Huntington on Huntington wages.
Huntington → Morgantown →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Huntington than Morgantown?
A one-bedroom is about $869 in Morgantown versus $801 in Huntington. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $95 a month higher in Huntington. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Huntington have state income tax?
Huntington is in West Virginia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Morgantown to Huntington?
Take-home pay is recalculated under West 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 Morgantown and Huntington 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.