Loading
Assembling your view…
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Moving to Dayton is roughly financially neutral — costs and incomes shift together.
Dayton has a cost index of 85 vs 93 for Buffalo. Dayton is 8 points cheaper overall. Monthly rent goes from $1,381 to $1,186 (-14%).
If you earn the Buffalo median of $48,050, you would need approximately $43,917/year in Dayton to maintain equivalent purchasing power, based on the cost index difference of 8 points (9%).
Median rent in Buffalo is $1,381/month. In Dayton it is $1,186/month — a difference of $195 per month, or $2,340 per year.
Moving to Dayton is roughly financially neutral — costs and incomes shift together. The salary equivalent to maintain your current lifestyle is $43,917/year in Dayton. The median income there is $43,454.
Estimated monthly essentials total $3,161 in Buffalo vs $2,829 in Dayton — a difference of $332/month ($3,984/year).
The median home price in Dayton is $133,852 vs $232,351 in Buffalo. With 20% down and a 6.5% rate, the estimated monthly mortgage payment is $677 in Dayton vs $1,175 in Buffalo.