Assembling your view…
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Complete relocation analysis: cost difference, salary adjustment, monthly expenses, taxes, home prices, and job market comparison.
Moving to Syracuse is a financial step down — higher costs without proportional income gain.
Syracuse has a cost index of 95 vs 105 for Wilmington. Syracuse is 10 points cheaper overall. Monthly rent goes from $1,670 to $1,601 (-4%).
If you earn the Wilmington median of $63,900, you would need approximately $57,814/year in Syracuse to maintain equivalent purchasing power, based on the cost index difference of 10 points (10%).
Median rent in Wilmington is $1,670/month. In Syracuse it is $1,601/month — a difference of $69 per month, or $828 per year.
Moving to Syracuse is a financial step down — higher costs without proportional income gain. The salary equivalent to maintain your current lifestyle is $57,814/year in Syracuse. The median income there is $45,845.
Estimated monthly essentials total $3,673 in Wilmington vs $3,417 in Syracuse — a difference of $256/month ($3,072/year).
The median home price in Syracuse is $204,630 vs $408,845 in Wilmington. With 20% down and a 6.5% rate, the estimated monthly mortgage payment is $1,035 in Syracuse vs $2,067 in Wilmington.