on $100k a year, leaving Birmingham
changea dispatch from
york
PA
39.96°N
76.73°W
York calls itself the White Rose City, claims to be America's first capital (Continental Congress met here briefly in 1777), and is the home of the Harley-Davidson assembly plant (factory tours available). The market houses in town go back over 100 years. The downtown is brick and walkable, the surrounding farm country is gorgeous, and the Susquehanna River is a quick drive east. Quietly historic.
in our guides
the verdict
under Birmingham, every month
York gives you room Birmingham doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$1,361/mo
3% cheaper than Birmingham(vs $1,407/mo)
3.07%
$161/mo less in state tax than Birmingham
vs 5% in Birmingham
$6,717/mo
$207 more than Birmingham
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$310k
19% more expensive than Birmingham
vs $261k in Birmingham
465k
vs 1.2M in Birmingham
field notes, weather & such.
159
pleasant days a year, in york.
Birmingham gets 171 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 27 days under 20°, vs 4 in Birmingham.
But the calendar thins out: Birmingham stays 90.0× busier.
64/100
5% higher than Birmingham
vs 61/100 in Birmingham
Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.
93/100
18% higher than Birmingham
vs 79/100 in Birmingham
12
40% fewer than Birmingham
vs 20 nonstops in Birmingham
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