York, PA
Modelled metroCost of living in York: $2,663 leftover
Cost of living in York, as leftover, is $2,663 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,048 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 1.00). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. York 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 $5,751 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 | $1,048 |
|---|---|
| Groceries | $401 |
| Transport | $586 |
| Healthcare | $451 |
| Utilities | $251 |
| Childcare | $0 |
| Everything else | $351 |
| Total costs | $3,088 |
| Leftover | $2,663 |
Sales tax is about 6.3%. Property tax is modelled at 1.68% of a $235,000 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (1.00).
Asking rent by bedroom
Turnover asking rent in York, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.
Studio
$899
1 bedroom
$1,048
2 bedrooms
$1,248
3 bedrooms
$1,635
4 bedrooms
$1,934
Leftover in other metros nearby
Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.
- Cost of living in Philadelphia$2,437 leftover
York vs Philadelphia · $1,530 rent
- Cost of living in Pittsburgh$2,529 leftover
York vs Pittsburgh · $1,163 rent
- Cost of living in Gettysburg$2,341 leftover
York vs Gettysburg · $981 rent
- $2,252 leftover
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 York
What is the cost of living in York?
On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in York, PA is about $2,663 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,048 for a one-bedroom and $1,248 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.
How does York compare with a cost-of-living index?
A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 1.00). Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. York 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 York calculated?
The take-home page for York 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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