$100k salary, packing up from Cincinnati

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Daytona Beach, FL cityscape

swapping out of cincinnati

Daytona Beach

fl · metro 722k

a dispatch from

daytona beach

FL

29.21°N

81.02°W

Daytona Beach has hard-packed sand you can actually drive your car on (yes, on the beach, it's a tradition). The Daytona 500 brings NASCAR to town every February and shakes the whole city awake. Bike Week is its own beast. Outside of the events, it's a quieter Florida beach town than its reputation suggests, with affordable oceanfront and the Halifax River making the geography interesting.

metro722k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$97

below Cincinnati's monthly cost

Daytona Beach and Cincinnati land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
landable, recorded on the daytona beach entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,784/mo

15% more expensive than Cincinnati(vs $1,549/mo)

02state income tax

0%

$332/mo less in state tax than Cincinnati

vs 3.99% in Cincinnati

03after rent

$6,549/mo

$97 more than Cincinnati

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$331k

5% more expensive than Cincinnati

vs $316k in Cincinnati

05metro size

722k

vs 2.3M in Cincinnati

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

212

pleasant days a year, in daytona beach.

Cincinnati only logs 162 pleasant days.

Lighter on events: Cincinnati packs 6.2× more into a month.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

63/100

12% lower than Cincinnati

vs 72/100 in Cincinnati

Closest outdoor draw: Bulow Creek State Park, 9.6 mi.

·walk score®

78/100

19% lower than Cincinnati

vs 96/100 in Cincinnati

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

2

96% fewer than Cincinnati

vs 47 nonstops in Cincinnati

04 · see also

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