with $100k coming in, swapping out of Eugene

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York, PA cityscape

if you left eugene

York

pa · metro 465k

a 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.

metro465k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$912

lighter monthly cost than Eugene

In York, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
landable, recorded on the york entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,361/mo

24% cheaper than Eugene(vs $1,799/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$473/mo less in state tax than Eugene

vs 8.75% in Eugene

03after rent

$6,717/mo

$912 more than Eugene

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

04a house here

$310k

32% cheaper than Eugene

vs $456k in Eugene

05metro size

465k

vs 381k in Eugene

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in york.

Eugene has the edge here, logging 206 pleasant days a year. Cold snaps are part of the year: 27 days below 20° here, 1 in Eugene.

Eugene hosts 27.0× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

64/100

15% lower than Eugene

vs 75/100 in Eugene

Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.

·walk score®

93/100

4% lower than Eugene

vs 97/100 in Eugene

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

12

33% more than Eugene

vs 9 nonstops in Eugene

04 · see also

cities that play in york's register: