Moving from Wyoming to Pennsylvania
Everyone compares rent and groceries. Almost nobody compares the two numbers that actually decide whether a move works: state income tax and property tax. Here is Wyoming and Pennsylvania, side by side.
Moving to Pennsylvania costs about
+$740/mo
more than Wyoming each month, renting
Worth knowing
A cheaper house in Pennsylvania, a bigger property tax bill
The median home in Pennsylvania costs $254,500 against $309,700 in Wyoming, but you would pay about $3,309 a year in property tax rather than $1,765. The rate more than cancels the lower price.
Wyoming vs Pennsylvania at a glance
| Wyoming | Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|---|
| Median home price | $309,700 | $254,500 |
| Median rent | $992/mo | $1,209/mo |
| State income tax | No state income tax | Flat 3.07% |
| Property tax rate | 0.57% | 1.30% |
| Groceries, gas & goods | 95 | 99 |
| Utilities | 78 | 109 |
Price levels are indexes where 100 is the national average. They cover everyday spending only; housing is the two rows above.
What changes each month
| Monthly | WY | PA | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing | |||
| Housing (median rent) | $992 | $1,209 | +$217 |
| Taxes | |||
| State income tax | $0 | $205 | +$205 |
| Local income tax (state average) | None | $82 | +$82 |
| Sales tax (on everyday spending) | $58 | $91 | +$33 |
| Everyday costs | |||
| Groceries, gas & goods | $1,748 | $1,822 | +$73 |
| Utilities | $320 | $446 | +$126 |
| Total | +$740 | ||
What the move itself costs
$3,300 to $7,100
From a container you load yourself up to full-service movers.
Shipping one car adds about $850 to $1,250, against roughly $650 in fuel and lodging to drive it the 4-day trip yourself.
These are statewide figures. Cheyenne is not Wyoming-average and Philadelphia is not Pennsylvania-average, so a specific city can look nothing like its state. Compare metro areas instead to narrow it to 387 real places, including which side of a state line you would live on.
Run this with your own numbers
Estimates only, not advice. Housing and income figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2024); price levels from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024); tax rates are for the 2026 tax year, compiled from state revenue departments and the Tax Foundation. Moving costs are modelled from published ranges rather than quoted. Every figure is a statewide median or average and will not match any particular household.