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Bridgeport, CT vs Ogden, UT

Simple answer

You'd likely save $808 a month in Ogden.

This is the HUD 2-bedroom fair-market rent for October 2026 through September 2027. It is not your lease.

The largest cost gap in this pair is Fair Market Rent. The 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent gap is $808: Bridgeport is higher at $2,399 versus $1,591.

Connecticut taxes wages at rates up to 6.99%. Utah taxes wages at a flat 4.50%. Combined sales tax differs by 1.1 percentage points, higher in Utah. The effective property tax gap is 1.17 percentage points, higher in Connecticut.

After a move from Connecticut to Utah, those two example households keep the same benefit status labels. A different income can still split Medicaid and marketplace credits.

A $75,000 salary in Bridgeport lines up with about $70,428 in Ogden on the 2024 all-items price parity. Census median gross rent and the commute figures are 2024. Fair Market Rents are fiscal year 2027.

Bridgeport

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$2,399
HUD area
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT MSA
Census median gross rent
$1,895
All-items price parity
106.9
Goods price parity
97.3
Utilities price parity
147.1
Mean commute
32.3 min
Median household income
$116,402

Ogden

Ogden, UT

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,591
HUD area
Ogden, UT MSA
Census median gross rent
$1,641
All-items price parity
100.3
Goods price parity
96.4
Utilities price parity
78.8
Mean commute
23.6 min
Median household income
$98,456

Equivalent salary

The first number keeps the same place in the national price level. The second also runs 2026 federal income tax, employee Social Security and Medicare, and a simplified state income tax. Groceries use the BEA goods price parity, not a grocery receipt.

Same buying power

$70,428

Salary in Ogden that matches the 2024 all-items regional price parity.

After state and federal tax

$69,320

Gross salary in Ogden whose after-tax pay buys the same basket, using price parities.

Rent only

$49,739

Scales the salary by the ratio of HUD 2-bedroom Fair Market Rents. Rent is not the whole budget.

Taxes on the two sides of the move

TaxConnecticutUtah
State income tax on wagesup to 6.99%4.50% flat
Combined sales tax, Jan 1, 20266.3%7.4%
Effective property tax, ACS 2024 median / median1.66%0.49%

On a $400,000 home, the state median effective rate implies about $6,624 a year in Connecticut and $1,943 in Utah. That illustration is not a local bill. Childcare prices are not in the verified dataset for these metros.

Benefits if you land in Utah

Same household, $40,000 a year, scored once in Connecticut and once in Utah. This is an illustration, not your application.

  • Food stamps (SNAP)

    BridgeportLikely eligible

    OgdenLikely eligible

  • Medicaid and CHIP

    BridgeportLikely eligible

    OgdenLikely eligible

  • WIC

    BridgeportLikely eligible

    OgdenLikely eligible

  • School meals

    BridgeportLikely eligible

    OgdenLikely eligible

  • LIHEAP

    BridgeportMaybe

    OgdenMaybe

  • Earned Income Tax Credit

    BridgeportLikely eligible

    OgdenLikely eligible

  • Child Tax Credit

    BridgeportLikely eligible

    OgdenLikely eligible

  • Marketplace premium tax credits

    BridgeportUnlikely

    OgdenUnlikely

  • Lifeline phone and internet

    BridgeportLikely eligible

    OgdenLikely eligible

  • SSI

    BridgeportUnlikely

    OgdenUnlikely

At $40,000 the status labels match. A single adult around $18,000 is where Medicaid expansion and the marketplace coverage gap usually split.

Medicaid guide for Utah · SNAP guide

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From Bridgeport

The eight largest 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent gaps from Bridgeport.

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How the salary and tax math works · The reverse city order redirects to this address.