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Durham, NC

Modelled metro

Cost of living in Durham: $2,709 leftover

Cost of living in Durham, as leftover, is $2,709 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,274 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.96). North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax. Durham is a modelled metro: rent, wages and prices come from Zillow, Census and BEA, not a hand-written city essay.

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These figures start from one adult in a one-bedroom, on local pay of about $98,500. Change the job, the pay, or how many bedrooms you need, and leftover changes. This is a monthly budget, not a cost-of-living index.

The month, in dollars

Take-home is $5,818 after tax. These lines are the modelled bills, then what is left. The monthly costs page is the same household inside the city hub.

Monthly costs and leftover in Durham
Rent$1,274
Groceries$385
Transport$440
Healthcare$433
Utilities$241
Childcare$0
Everything else$337
Total costs$3,109
Leftover$2,709

Sales tax is about 7.0%. Property tax is modelled at 0.81% of a $359,400 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.96).

Asking rent by bedroom

Turnover asking rent in Durham, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.

  • Studio

    $1,092

  • 1 bedroom

    $1,274

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,517

  • 3 bedrooms

    $1,987

  • 4 bedrooms

    $2,351

Leftover in other metros nearby

Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.

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. Change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms and the ranking is a different city. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.

Cost of living in Durham

What is the cost of living in Durham?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Durham, NC is about $2,709 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,274 for a one-bedroom and $1,517 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

How does Durham compare with a cost-of-living index?

A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.96). Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Durham is a modelled metro: rent, wages and prices come from Zillow, Census and BEA, not a hand-written city essay.

Where is take-home pay in Durham calculated?

The take-home page for Durham splits federal, payroll, state and local wage tax, then subtracts rent. The city paycheck page is the same leftover math with the map.

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