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Compare / Dayton to Syracuse

Dayton, OH vs Syracuse, NY

Simple answer

You'd likely save $245 a month in Dayton.

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 $245: Syracuse is higher at $1,493 versus $1,248.

Ohio taxes wages at a flat 2.75%. New York taxes wages at rates up to 10.90%. Combined sales tax differs by 1.2 percentage points, higher in New York. The effective property tax gap is 0.23 percentage points, higher in New York.

After a move from Ohio to New York, 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 Dayton lines up with about $77,466 in Syracuse on the 2024 all-items price parity. Census median gross rent and the commute figures are 2024. Fair Market Rents are fiscal year 2027.

Dayton

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,248
HUD area
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH MSA
Census median gross rent
$1,119
All-items price parity
92.7
Goods price parity
93.6
Utilities price parity
95.4
Mean commute
22.3 min
Median household income
$72,711

Syracuse

Syracuse, NY

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,493
HUD area
Syracuse, NY MSA
Census median gross rent
$1,114
All-items price parity
95.7
Goods price parity
99.7
Utilities price parity
133.4
Mean commute
21.7 min
Median household income
$76,313

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

$77,466

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

After state and federal tax

$81,987

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

Rent only

$89,724

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

TaxOhioNew York
State income tax on wages2.75% flatup to 10.90%
Combined sales tax, Jan 1, 20267.3%8.5%
Effective property tax, ACS 2024 median / median1.22%1.45%

On a $400,000 home, the state median effective rate implies about $4,899 a year in Ohio and $5,818 in New York. That illustration is not a local bill. Childcare prices are not in the verified dataset for these metros.

Benefits if you land in New York

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

  • Food stamps (SNAP)

    DaytonLikely eligible

    SyracuseLikely eligible

  • Medicaid and CHIP

    DaytonLikely eligible

    SyracuseLikely eligible

  • WIC

    DaytonLikely eligible

    SyracuseLikely eligible

  • School meals

    DaytonLikely eligible

    SyracuseLikely eligible

  • LIHEAP

    DaytonMaybe

    SyracuseMaybe

  • Earned Income Tax Credit

    DaytonLikely eligible

    SyracuseLikely eligible

  • Child Tax Credit

    DaytonLikely eligible

    SyracuseLikely eligible

  • Marketplace premium tax credits

    DaytonUnlikely

    SyracuseUnlikely

  • Lifeline phone and internet

    DaytonLikely eligible

    SyracuseLikely eligible

  • SSI

    DaytonUnlikely

    SyracuseUnlikely

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 New York · SNAP guide

Related comparisons

From Dayton

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

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