Youngstown vs Columbus leftover
You'd keep $227 more a month in Columbus
$2,633/mo leftover in Columbus vs $2,406 in Youngstown after tax and rent ($227 more). +$2,724 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Youngstown leftover
$2,406
a month after tax and rent
Columbus leftover
$2,633
+$227 vs Youngstown
Compare Youngstown to another metro
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Monthly gap
Youngstown → Columbus
$227
more / month in Columbus
$2,633 in Columbus · $2,406 in Youngstown · 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, 344 households moved Youngstown → Columbus (avg AGI $42,677). 212 went the other way. The whole move →
+$227 / mo
| Per month | Youngstown | Columbus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,583 | $7,566 | +$983 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,506 | $1,882 | +$376 |
| Take-home pay | $5,077 | $5,684 | +$607 |
| Rent | $741 | $1,176 | +$435 |
| Getting around | $571 | $526 | −$45 |
| Groceries | $375 | $372 | −$3 |
| Healthcare | $422 | $419 | −$3 |
| Utilities | $234 | $233 | −$1 |
| Everything else | $328 | $326 | −$2 |
| Left over | $2,406 | $2,633 | +$227 |
To break even in Columbus, you'd need to earn
$86,500
Household gross, versus $79,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Youngstown does now.
The tax difference alone
−$1,014
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.9% in Youngstown, 24.9% in Columbus.
More about Columbus
Youngstown, OH in full
State income tax topping out at 3.5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $882 and 176 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
Columbus, OH in full
The most affordable large metro with a growing white-collar job base.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Columbus on Columbus wages.
Columbus → Youngstown →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Columbus than Youngstown?
A one-bedroom is about $741 in Youngstown versus $1,176 in Columbus. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $227 a month higher in Columbus. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Columbus have state income tax?
Columbus is in Ohio, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 2.50%.
What changes if you move from Youngstown to Columbus?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Ohio 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 Youngstown and Columbus 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.