Moving from Grants Pass to Portland
Grants Pass to Portland: $951 more leftover
$2,329/mo leftover in Portland vs $1,378 in Grants Pass after tax and rent ($951 more). +$11,412 a year — not a moving-company quote.
Grants Pass leftover
$1,378
a month after tax and rent
Portland leftover
$2,329
+$951 vs Grants Pass
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
Leftover is not a cost-of-living index. Leftover vs a COL index
Who already made this move
In 2022-2023, 116 households moved Grants Pass → Portland (about 165 people, average AGI $55,940). 90 households went the other way.
Source: IRS SOI county-to-county migration. Not a moving company; not a recommendation.
| Per month | Grants Pass | Portland |
|---|---|---|
| Take-home | $4,697 | $5,799 |
| Rent | $1,128 | $1,416 |
| All other costs | $2,191 | $2,054 |
| Left over | $1,378 | $2,329 |
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. The dollar gap between Grants Pass and Portland moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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What the move itself costs
About 274 road miles, 1 bedroom. Typical ranges, not quotes.
- Full-service mover
- $1,850–$3,450
- Container or pod
- $1,250–$2,350
- Rent a truck
- $500–$950
Dig into Portland
Paycheck
Take-home pay after tax and rent, and what's left at the end of the month.
Who moved
Which metros people actually left and arrived from, according to IRS tax returns.
Rent vs buy
Asking rent, the median home, property tax, and months to a down payment.
Monthly costs
Groceries, getting around, utilities, healthcare and childcare at your household size.
Daily life
Homicide and firearm death rates, heat, cars and commute.
Kids
Public-school enrollment, pupil–teacher ratio, bedrooms and childcare.
Getting there
Typical cost to get here, then leftover after tax and rent — not a moving-company directory.
Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Portland than Grants Pass?
A one-bedroom is about $1,128 in Grants Pass versus $1,416 in Portland. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $951 a month higher in Portland. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Portland have state income tax?
Portland is in Oregon, which taxes wage income.
Did people actually move from Grants Pass to Portland?
When IRS county-to-county data covers this pair, the page lists how many households made the Grants Pass → Portland move and their average AGI. Leftover after tax and rent is shown for the same household on both sides.