Lewiston, ID
Modelled metroCost of living in Lewiston, ID: $2,348 leftover
Cost of living in Lewiston, as leftover, is $2,348 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,009 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.97). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. Lewiston is a modelled metro: rent, wages and prices come from Zillow, Census and BEA, not a hand-written city essay.
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 $5,352 after tax. These lines are the modelled bills, then what is left. The monthly costs page is the same household inside the city hub.
| Rent | $1,009 |
|---|---|
| Groceries | $388 |
| Transport | $587 |
| Healthcare | $437 |
| Utilities | $243 |
| Childcare | $0 |
| Everything else | $340 |
| Total costs | $3,004 |
| Leftover | $2,348 |
Sales tax is about 6.0%. Property tax is modelled at 0.84% of a $289,400 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.97).
Asking rent by bedroom
Turnover asking rent in Lewiston, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.
Studio
$865
1 bedroom
$1,009
2 bedrooms
$1,201
3 bedrooms
$1,573
4 bedrooms
$1,862
Leftover in other metros nearby
Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.
- Cost of living in Boise$2,004 leftover
Lewiston vs Boise · $1,383 rent
- Cost of living in Coeur d'Alene$2,051 leftover
Lewiston vs Coeur d'Alene · $1,359 rent
- Cost of living in Pocatello$2,097 leftover
Lewiston vs Pocatello · $875 rent
- Cost of living in Twin Falls$1,851 leftover
Lewiston vs Twin Falls · $1,148 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 Lewiston
What is the cost of living in Lewiston?
On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Lewiston, ID is about $2,348 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,009 for a one-bedroom and $1,201 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.
How does Lewiston compare with a cost-of-living index?
A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.97). Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Lewiston 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 Lewiston calculated?
The take-home page for Lewiston 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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Other metros in Idaho, with leftover, rent, and day-to-day pages.
- Boise, ID
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- Coeur d'Alene, ID
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- Idaho Falls, ID
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- Twin Falls, ID
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- Pocatello, ID
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