on $100k a year, leaving Kennewick

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Ogden, UT cityscape

swapping out of kennewick

Ogden

ut · metro 658k

a dispatch from

ogden

UT

41.22°N

111.97°W

Ogden is the old railroad town turned ski-bum gateway, with three world-class resorts (Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, Nordic Valley) within 30 minutes. Historic 25th Street has the old saloons and brick storefronts intact, now full of breweries and restaurants. Union Station is a working museum. The Wasatch Mountains loom right behind town. It's the chiller, cheaper neighbor of Park City.

metro658k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$342

pricier each month than Kennewick

Ogden costs more than Kennewick, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
landable, recorded on the ogden entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,641/mo

3% cheaper than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)

02state income tax

4.65%

$388/mo more in state tax than Kennewick

vs 0% in Kennewick

03after rent

$6,305/mo

$342 less than Kennewick

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

04a house here

$524k

19% more expensive than Kennewick

vs $441k in Kennewick

05metro size

658k

vs 314k in Kennewick

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

174

pleasant days a year, in ogden.

Kennewick gets 199 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Cold is the cost: 54 days drop below 20° vs Kennewick's 8.

2.0× the events of Kennewick, and the calendar shows it.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

80/100

8% higher than Kennewick

vs 74/100 in Kennewick

Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 21.7 mi.

·walk score®

84/100

53% higher than Kennewick

vs 55/100 in Kennewick

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

90

1025% more than Kennewick

vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick

04 · see also

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