Virginia Beach vs Staunton leftover
You'd keep $78 more a month in Staunton
$2,305/mo leftover in Staunton vs $2,227 in Virginia Beach after tax and rent ($78 more). +$936 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Virginia Beach leftover
$2,227
a month after tax and rent
Staunton leftover
$2,305
+$78 vs Virginia Beach
Compare Virginia Beach to another metro
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Monthly gap
Virginia Beach → Staunton
$78
more / month in Staunton
$2,305 in Staunton · $2,227 in Virginia Beach · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$78 / mo
| Per month | Virginia Beach | Staunton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,542 | $7,129 | −$412 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,909 | $1,763 | −$146 |
| Take-home pay | $5,633 | $5,366 | −$266 |
| Rent | $1,454 | $1,055 | −$399 |
| Getting around | $547 | $601 | +$54 |
| Groceries | $388 | $388 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $436 | $0 |
| Utilities | $242 | $242 | $0 |
| Everything else | $339 | $339 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,227 | $2,305 | +$78 |
To break even in Staunton, you'd need to earn
$84,000
Household gross, versus $90,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Virginia Beach does now.
The tax difference alone
+$285
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.3% in Virginia Beach, 24.7% in Staunton.
More about Staunton
Virginia Beach, VA in full
State income tax topping out at 5.75%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,731 and 219 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
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.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Staunton on Staunton wages.
Staunton → Virginia Beach →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Staunton than Virginia Beach?
A one-bedroom is about $1,454 in Virginia Beach versus $1,055 in Staunton. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $78 a month higher in Staunton. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Staunton have state income tax?
Staunton is in Virginia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Virginia Beach to Staunton?
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 Virginia Beach and Staunton 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.