on $100k a year, leaving Lafayette
changea dispatch from
kingsport
TN
36.55°N
82.56°W
Kingsport is a planned 'model city' built by the Eastman Chemical Company in the early 1900s, with a downtown laid out in deliberate grids and the company still dominating the local economy. It's in the Tri-Cities area (with Bristol and Johnson City), tucked into the Appalachian foothills. Bays Mountain Park and the South Fork Holston River give it strong outdoor access. Quietly orderly.
in our guides
the verdict
under Lafayette, every month
Kingsport and Lafayette land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,383/mo
4% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$6,950/mo
$199 more than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$244k
22% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
312k
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
188
pleasant days a year, in kingsport.
Lafayette gets 211 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
1.6× the events of Lafayette, and the calendar shows it.
59/100
37% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Natural Tunnel State Park, 13.9 mi.
74/100
13% lower than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
4
33% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
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