$100k a year, no longer in Seattle

change
Columbus, OH cityscape

instead of seattle

Columbus

oh · metro 2.2M

a dispatch from

columbus

OH

39.96°N

83.00°W

Columbus is Ohio State on autumn Saturdays (the Horseshoe holds 100,000+ and they all wear scarlet), German Village's cobblestone streets and brick cottages, and a Short North gallery scene that punches well above its weight. It's quietly become a test market for the rest of America because the demographics line up so neatly. The food scene leans young, weird, and good. 'Buckeyes' here can mean either the football team or the chocolate-peanut-butter candy.

metro2.2M

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$350

under Seattle, every month

Columbus is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the columbus entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,511/mo

31% cheaper than Seattle(vs $2,193/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$333/mo more in state tax than Seattle

vs 0% in Seattle

03after rent

$6,490/mo

$350 more than Seattle

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$350k

56% cheaper than Seattle

vs $791k in Seattle

05metro size

2.2M

vs 4.0M in Seattle

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

171

pleasant days a year, in columbus.

Seattle edges ahead with 182 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 29 days under 20°, vs 0 in Seattle.

Seattle hosts 2.2× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

57/100

39% lower than Seattle

vs 93/100 in Seattle

Closest outdoor draw: Alum Creek State Park, 16.2 mi.

·walk score®

85/100

13% lower than Seattle

vs 98/100 in Seattle

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

32

64% fewer than Seattle

vs 90 nonstops in Seattle

04 · see also

cities that play in columbus's register:

compare columbus with: