Rome vs Gainesville leftover
You'd keep $12 more a month in Gainesville
$1,941/mo leftover in Gainesville vs $1,929 in Rome after tax and rent ($12 more). +$144 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Rome leftover
$1,929
a month after tax and rent
Gainesville leftover
$1,941
+$12 vs Rome
Compare Rome to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Rome.
Monthly gap
Rome → Gainesville
$12
more / month in Gainesville
$1,941 in Gainesville · $1,929 in Rome · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$12 / mo
| Per month | Rome | Gainesville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,417 | $6,853 | +$436 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,485 | $1,637 | +$152 |
| Take-home pay | $4,932 | $5,216 | +$284 |
| Rent | $1,010 | $1,318 | +$308 |
| Getting around | $595 | $559 | −$36 |
| Groceries | $386 | $386 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $434 | $434 | $0 |
| Utilities | $241 | $241 | $0 |
| Everything else | $337 | $337 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,929 | $1,941 | +$12 |
To break even in Gainesville, you'd need to earn
$82,000
Household gross, versus $77,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Rome does now.
The tax difference alone
−$272
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.1% in Rome, 23.9% in Gainesville.
More about Gainesville
Rome, GA in full
A flat 5.19% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,202 and 213 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
Gainesville, GA in full
A flat 5.19% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,569 and 211 sunny days; commutes average 28 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Gainesville on Gainesville wages.
Gainesville → Rome →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Gainesville than Rome?
A one-bedroom is about $1,010 in Rome versus $1,318 in Gainesville. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $12 a month higher in Gainesville. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Gainesville have state income tax?
Gainesville is in Georgia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Rome to Gainesville?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Georgia 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 Rome and Gainesville 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.