$100k a year, no longer in Gainesville
changea 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.
in our guides
the verdict
more each month than Gainesville ran you
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Daytona Beach is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,784/mo
8% more expensive than Gainesville(vs $1,645/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Gainesville
$6,549/mo
$139 less than Gainesville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$331k
4% more expensive than Gainesville
vs $317k in Gainesville
722k
vs 350k in Gainesville
field notes, weather & such.
212
pleasant days a year, in daytona beach.
Gainesville barely cracks 206 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 4.7× the events of Gainesville.
63/100
0% lower than Gainesville
vs 63/100 in Gainesville
Closest outdoor draw: Bulow Creek State Park, 9.6 mi.
78/100
14% lower than Gainesville
vs 91/100 in Gainesville
2
60% fewer than Gainesville
vs 5 nonstops in Gainesville
in the same ballpark as daytona beach:
