$100k a year, no longer in South Bend

change
New Haven, CT cityscape

swapping out of south bend

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

$906

more each month than South Bend ran you

New Haven costs noticeably more than South Bend. 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

50% more expensive than South Bend(vs $1,391/mo)

02state income tax

5.5%

$208/mo more in state tax than South Bend

vs 3% in South Bend

03after rent

$5,786/mo

$906 less than South Bend

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

04a house here

$424k

84% more expensive than South Bend

vs $230k in South Bend

05metro size

568k

vs 324k in South Bend

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

155

pleasant days a year, in new haven.

South Bend actually gets more: 157 pleasant days a year.

About as much going on as in South Bend.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

67/100

26% higher than South Bend

vs 53/100 in South Bend

Closest outdoor draw: Wildwood State Park, 24.7 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

17% higher than South Bend

vs 82/100 in South Bend

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

1

89% fewer than South Bend

vs 9 nonstops in South Bend

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as new haven: