Staunton vs Richmond leftover
You'd keep $25 more a month in Richmond
$2,328/mo leftover in Richmond vs $2,303 in Staunton after tax and rent ($25 more). +$300 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Staunton leftover
$2,303
a month after tax and rent
Richmond leftover
$2,328
+$25 vs Staunton
Compare Staunton to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Staunton.
Monthly gap
Staunton → Richmond
$25
more / month in Richmond
$2,328 in Richmond · $2,303 in Staunton · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$25 / mo
| Per month | Staunton | Richmond | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,125 | $7,545 | +$420 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,761 | $1,910 | +$149 |
| Take-home pay | $5,364 | $5,635 | +$271 |
| Rent | $1,055 | $1,362 | +$307 |
| Getting around | $601 | $553 | −$48 |
| Groceries | $388 | $384 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $432 | −$4 |
| Utilities | $242 | $240 | −$2 |
| Everything else | $339 | $336 | −$3 |
| Left over | $2,303 | $2,328 | +$25 |
To break even in Richmond, you'd need to earn
$90,000
Household gross, versus $85,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Staunton does now.
The tax difference alone
−$290
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.7% in Staunton, 25.3% in Richmond.
More about Richmond
Staunton, VA in full
State income tax topping out at 5.75%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,256 and 213 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
Richmond, VA in full
DC's cheaper cousin, two hours from both mountains and ocean.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Richmond on Richmond wages.
Richmond → Staunton →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Richmond than Staunton?
A one-bedroom is about $1,055 in Staunton versus $1,362 in Richmond. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $25 a month higher in Richmond. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Richmond have state income tax?
Richmond is in Virginia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Staunton to Richmond?
Take-home pay is recalculated under 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 Staunton and Richmond 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.