with $100k coming in, swapping out of Green Bay

change
York, PA cityscape

instead of green bay

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

$28

below Green Bay's monthly cost

On paper, York and Green Bay are twins. In practice they live very differently.
landable, recorded on the york entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,361/mo

21% more expensive than Green Bay(vs $1,122/mo)

02state income tax

3.07%

$267/mo less in state tax than Green Bay

vs 6.27% in Green Bay

03after rent

$6,717/mo

$28 more than Green Bay

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

04a house here

$310k

9% cheaper than Green Bay

vs $340k in Green Bay

05metro size

465k

vs 332k in Green Bay

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

159

pleasant days a year, in york.

Green Bay keeps to 146 pleasant days a year.

But the calendar thins out: Green Bay stays 6.0× busier.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

64/100

12% lower than Green Bay

vs 73/100 in Green Bay

Closest outdoor draw: Codorus State Park, 15 mi.

·walk score®

93/100

7% higher than Green Bay

vs 87/100 in Green Bay

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

12

200% more than Green Bay

vs 4 nonstops in Green Bay

04 · see also

in the same ballpark as york: