St. George, UT
Modelled metroCost of living in St. George: $1,668 leftover
Cost of living in St. George, as leftover, is $1,668 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,375 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.97). Utah charges a 4.55% flat income tax. St. George 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 $4,989 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 | $1,375 |
|---|---|
| Groceries | $388 |
| Transport | $541 |
| Healthcare | $436 |
| Utilities | $242 |
| Childcare | $0 |
| Everything else | $339 |
| Total costs | $3,321 |
| Leftover | $1,668 |
Sales tax is about 7.2%. Property tax is modelled at 0.45% of a $465,600 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 St. George, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.
Studio
$1,179
1 bedroom
$1,375
2 bedrooms
$1,637
3 bedrooms
$2,144
4 bedrooms
$2,537
Leftover in other metros nearby
Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.
- $2,571 leftover
- Cost of living in Provo$1,768 leftover
St. George vs Provo · $1,303 rent
- Cost of living in Ogden$2,551 leftover
St. George vs Ogden · $1,203 rent
- Cost of living in Logan$1,822 leftover
St. George vs Logan · $1,067 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 St. George
What is the cost of living in St. George?
On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in St. George, UT is about $1,668 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,375 for a one-bedroom and $1,637 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.
How does St. George 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. St. George 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 St. George calculated?
The take-home page for St. George 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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- Logan, UT
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