Uprootmap

Monroe, LA

Modelled metro

Cost of living in Monroe, LA: $2,468 leftover

Cost of living in Monroe, as leftover, is $2,468 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $860 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs run 10% below the US average. Louisiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax. Monroe is a modelled metro: rent, wages and prices come from Zillow, Census and BEA, not a hand-written city essay.

Compare vs ChicagoHow the math works

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 $5,195 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 Monroe
Rent$860
Groceries$360
Transport$562
Healthcare$405
Utilities$225
Childcare$0
Everything else$315
Total costs$2,727
Leftover$2,468

Sales tax is about 9.6%. Property tax is modelled at 0.46% of a $163,000 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.90).

Asking rent by bedroom

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

  • Studio

    $737

  • 1 bedroom

    $860

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,024

  • 3 bedrooms

    $1,341

  • 4 bedrooms

    $1,587

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 Monroe

What is the cost of living in Monroe?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Monroe, LA is about $2,468 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $860 for a one-bedroom and $1,024 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

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

A price index would say non-housing costs run 10% below the US average. Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Monroe 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 Monroe calculated?

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

Popular compares from Monroe

Moving from Monroe

Other Louisiana metros

Other metros in Louisiana, with leftover, rent, and day-to-day pages.

All Louisiana metros