$100k salary, packing up from Port St. Lucie

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Daytona Beach, FL cityscape

swapping out of port st. lucie

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

$547

under Port St. Lucie, every month

The gap is real. Daytona Beach costs noticeably less than Port St. Lucie, every month.
landable, recorded on the daytona beach entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,784/mo

23% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,549/mo

$547 more than Port St. Lucie

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

04a house here

$331k

17% cheaper than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

722k

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

212

pleasant days a year, in daytona beach.

Port St. Lucie actually gets more: 246 pleasant days a year.

·outdoorscore

63/100

26% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

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

·walk score®

78/100

680% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

2

91% fewer than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

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