on $100k a year, leaving Huntsville

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Toledo, OH cityscape

next stop after huntsville

Toledo

oh · metro 600k

a dispatch from

toledo

OH

41.66°N

83.56°W

Toledo is the Glass City, with a long history of glassmaking (Owens-Illinois, Libbey, Pilkington), and the Toledo Museum of Art's glass pavilion is genuinely world-class and free. The Mud Hens (yes, Klinger's team) play minor league ball downtown. Sitting between Detroit and Cleveland on Lake Erie, Toledo has serious walleye fishing and a real lake-town pace. Cheaper than its bigger neighbors.

metro600k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$261

under Huntsville, every month

Toledo gives you room Huntsville doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
landable, recorded on the toledo entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,197/mo

13% cheaper than Huntsville(vs $1,374/mo)

02state income tax

3.99%

$84/mo less in state tax than Huntsville

vs 5% in Huntsville

03after rent

$6,804/mo

$261 more than Huntsville

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

04a house here

$196k

38% cheaper than Huntsville

vs $316k in Huntsville

05metro size

600k

vs 527k in Huntsville

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in toledo.

Huntsville edges ahead with 177 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 38 days drop below 20° vs Huntsville's 6.

A similar weekend lineup to Huntsville.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

55/100

5% lower than Huntsville

vs 58/100 in Huntsville

Closest outdoor draw: Maumee Bay State Park, 10 mi.

·walk score®

57/100

19% lower than Huntsville

vs 70/100 in Huntsville

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

4

56% fewer than Huntsville

vs 9 nonstops in Huntsville

04 · see also

neighbors of toledo on the map of tradeoffs:

compare toledo with: