with $100k coming in, swapping out of Evansville

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New Haven, CT cityscape

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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

$1,222

more expensive each month than Evansville

A real premium for New Haven. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
landable, recorded on the new haven entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,089/mo

94% more expensive than Evansville(vs $1,075/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$208/mo more in state tax than Evansville

vs 3% in Evansville

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$1,222 less than Evansville

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

04a house here

$424k

90% more expensive than Evansville

vs $222k in Evansville

05metro size

568k

vs 271k in Evansville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

Evansville actually gets more: 184 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 40 days below 20° vs Evansville's 21.

157% more happening than in Evansville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

24% higher than Evansville

vs 54/100 in Evansville

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

22% higher than Evansville

vs 79/100 in Evansville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

75% fewer than Evansville

vs 4 nonstops in Evansville

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as new haven: