Loading
Assembling your view…
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Moving to Dayton is a financial step down — higher costs without proportional income gain.
Dayton has a cost index of 85 vs 108 for Tempe. Dayton is 23 points cheaper overall. Monthly rent goes from $1,679 to $1,186 (-29%).
If you earn the Tempe median of $77,643, you would need approximately $61,108/year in Dayton to maintain equivalent purchasing power, based on the cost index difference of 23 points (21%).
Median rent in Tempe is $1,679/month. In Dayton it is $1,186/month — a difference of $493 per month, or $5,916 per year.
Moving to Dayton is a financial step down — higher costs without proportional income gain. The salary equivalent to maintain your current lifestyle is $61,108/year in Dayton. The median income there is $43,454.
Estimated monthly essentials total $3,731 in Tempe vs $2,829 in Dayton — a difference of $902/month ($10,824/year).
The median home price in Dayton is $133,852 vs $466,198 in Tempe. With 20% down and a 6.5% rate, the estimated monthly mortgage payment is $677 in Dayton vs $2,357 in Tempe.