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Kiryas Joel, NY vs Winston-Salem, NC

Simple answer

You'd likely save $799 a month in Winston-Salem.

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 housing prices. The BEA housing price parity differs by 44.4 points (Kiryas Joel 115.8, Winston-Salem 71.4).

New York taxes wages at rates up to 10.90%. North Carolina taxes wages at a flat 3.99%. Combined sales tax differs by 1.5 percentage points, higher in New York. The effective property tax gap is 0.84 percentage points, higher in New York.

After a move from New York to North Carolina, 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 Kiryas Joel lines up with about $63,088 in Winston-Salem on the 2024 all-items price parity. Census median gross rent and the commute figures are 2024. Fair Market Rents are fiscal year 2027.

Kiryas Joel

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$2,131
HUD area
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA
Census median gross rent
$1,688
All-items price parity
109.4
Goods price parity
110.3
Utilities price parity
136.8
Mean commute
33.9 min
Median household income
$95,125

Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem, NC

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,332
HUD area
Winston-Salem, NC HUD Metro FMR Area
Census median gross rent
$1,102
All-items price parity
92.0
Goods price parity
96.6
Utilities price parity
88.4
Mean commute
23.8 min
Median household income
$65,903

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

$63,088

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

After state and federal tax

$59,203

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

Rent only

$46,879

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

TaxNew YorkNorth Carolina
State income tax on wagesup to 10.90%3.99% flat
Combined sales tax, Jan 1, 20268.5%7.0%
Effective property tax, ACS 2024 median / median1.45%0.61%

On a $400,000 home, the state median effective rate implies about $5,818 a year in New York and $2,455 in North Carolina. That illustration is not a local bill. Childcare prices are not in the verified dataset for these metros.

Benefits if you land in North Carolina

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

  • Food stamps (SNAP)

    Kiryas JoelLikely eligible

    Winston-SalemLikely eligible

  • Medicaid and CHIP

    Kiryas JoelLikely eligible

    Winston-SalemLikely eligible

  • WIC

    Kiryas JoelLikely eligible

    Winston-SalemLikely eligible

  • School meals

    Kiryas JoelLikely eligible

    Winston-SalemLikely eligible

  • LIHEAP

    Kiryas JoelMaybe

    Winston-SalemMaybe

  • Earned Income Tax Credit

    Kiryas JoelLikely eligible

    Winston-SalemLikely eligible

  • Child Tax Credit

    Kiryas JoelLikely eligible

    Winston-SalemLikely eligible

  • Marketplace premium tax credits

    Kiryas JoelUnlikely

    Winston-SalemUnlikely

  • Lifeline phone and internet

    Kiryas JoelLikely eligible

    Winston-SalemLikely eligible

  • SSI

    Kiryas JoelUnlikely

    Winston-SalemUnlikely

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 North Carolina · SNAP guide

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