with $100k coming in, swapping out of Dayton

change
New Haven, CT cityscape

if you left dayton

New Haven

ct · metro 568k

a dispatch from

new haven

CT

41.31°N

72.92°W

New Haven invented apizza (that's a-PEETS, the local New Haven Italian style), and Frank Pepe's claims the white clam pie as their original. Yale anchors the city with its Gothic spires and museums (the Yale University Art Gallery is free and exceptional). The Long Island Sound is right there, and the city's a 90-minute train ride to Grand Central. Pizza-pilgrimage worthy on its own.

metro568k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$894

the monthly premium over Dayton

New Haven costs noticeably more than Dayton. You'd be paying for New Haven itself, not for breathing room around it.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

58% more expensive than Dayton(vs $1,321/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$126/mo more in state tax than Dayton

vs 3.99% in Dayton

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$894 less than Dayton

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

04a house here

$424k

205% more expensive than Dayton

vs $139k in Dayton

05metro size

568k

vs 808k in Dayton

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Dayton actually gets more: 171 pleasant days a year.

Things to do run about even with Dayton.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

8% higher than Dayton

vs 62/100 in Dayton

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

8% higher than Dayton

vs 89/100 in Dayton

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

94% fewer than Dayton

vs 16 nonstops in Dayton

04 · see also

neighbors of new haven on the map of tradeoffs: