Nashville vs Kingsport leftover
Moving to Kingsport costs you $126 a month
$2,550/mo leftover in Kingsport vs $2,676 in Nashville after tax and rent ($126 less). −$1,512 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Nashville leftover
$2,676
a month after tax and rent
Kingsport leftover
$2,550
−$126 vs Nashville
Compare Nashville to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Nashville.
Monthly gap
Nashville → Kingsport
$126
less / month in Nashville
$2,550 in Kingsport · $2,676 in Nashville · 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, 46 households moved Nashville → Kingsport (avg AGI $62,413). 58 went the other way. The whole move →
−$126 / mo
| Per month | Nashville | Kingsport | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $6,677 | −$907 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,550 | $1,281 | −$269 |
| Take-home pay | $6,034 | $5,396 | −$638 |
| Rent | $1,392 | $932 | −$460 |
| Getting around | $559 | $565 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $388 | $372 | −$16 |
| Healthcare | $437 | $419 | −$18 |
| Utilities | $243 | $233 | −$10 |
| Everything else | $340 | $326 | −$14 |
| Left over | $2,676 | $2,550 | −$126 |
To break even in Kingsport, you'd need to earn
$82,500
Household gross, versus $91,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Nashville does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Kingsport
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
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.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Kingsport on Kingsport wages.
Kingsport → Nashville →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Kingsport than Nashville?
A one-bedroom is about $1,392 in Nashville versus $932 in Kingsport. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $126 a month lower in Kingsport. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Kingsport have state income tax?
Kingsport is in Tennessee, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Nashville to Kingsport?
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 Nashville and Kingsport 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.