($1,379) Movers From Huntsville, AL to Winston-Salem, NC

What to know before moving from Huntsville to Winston-Salem

Moving from Huntsville to Winston-Salem means adjusting to a different pace of life — and a different price tag. On average, it costs significantly more to live in Huntsville than in Winston-Salem, making the move an opportunity for many to enjoy a lower cost of living.

Check out how Huntsville compares to Winston-Salem so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Winston-Salem are 8% lower than in Huntsville, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Winston-Salem.
  Home prices in Winston-Salem are 6.7% lower than in Huntsville.
• Income in Winston-Salem is 2.4% higher than in Huntsville, so you could earn more for doing the same job. The top employers in Winston-Salem include Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Novant Health, and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.
• The cost of living for a single person in Winston-Salem is 22.8% lower than in Huntsville. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to Winston-Salem, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in Winston-Salem is 27.2% higher than in Huntsville.
• The unemployment rate in Winston-Salem is 67.74% higher than in Huntsville.
• You’ll spend less on retail and restaurants in Winston-Salem, since the city’s sales taxes in Winston-Salem are 22.22% lower than in Huntsville.
• One perk of moving to Winston-Salem is paying less in state income taxes, which are 10.00% lower than in Huntsville.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $2,317.27 in Winston-Salem to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Huntsville.

How life is different in Huntsville vs. Winston-Salem

• Winston-Salem and Huntsville have roughly the same population, which could make adjusting to your new life in North Carolina easier.
• Winston-Salem offers better access to buses and trains than Huntsville, based on public transportation ratings. Winston-Salem has a transit score of 3 out of 10 compared to 2 in Huntsville. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Winston-Salem to be about as walkable as Huntsville. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 22 and 24 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Winston-Salem, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Huntsville. While Huntsville has a bike-friendliness score of 40 out of 100, Winston-Salem earned a 29. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• Winston-Salem has a lower crime rate than Huntsville based on scores of 32.67 and Huntsville's 42.55, respectively. The crime index shows how safe a city is perceived to be. So, a lower score generally means less crime.
• You might find more confidence in your overall safety in Winston-Salem than in Huntsville, based on Winston-Salem’s safety index of 67.33 versus 57.45 for Huntsville. With this index, higher scores indicate more safety, particularly around how comfortable residents feel walking alone during the day and at night.
• The air quality in Winston-Salem and Huntsville is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.