with $100k coming in, swapping out of Tallahassee

change
Daytona Beach, FL cityscape

instead of tallahassee

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

$257

the monthly premium over Tallahassee

Daytona Beach runs a little pricier than Tallahassee. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the daytona beach entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,784/mo

17% more expensive than Tallahassee(vs $1,527/mo)

02state income tax

0%

vs 0% in Tallahassee

03after rent

$6,549/mo

$257 less than Tallahassee

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

04a house here

$331k

15% more expensive than Tallahassee

vs $289k in Tallahassee

05metro size

722k

vs 393k in Tallahassee

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

212

pleasant days a year, in daytona beach.

Tallahassee barely cracks 186 pleasant ones.

A month here packs 7.0× the events of Tallahassee.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

63/100

9% higher than Tallahassee

vs 58/100 in Tallahassee

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

·walk score®

78/100

1% higher than Tallahassee

vs 77/100 in Tallahassee

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

2

71% fewer than Tallahassee

vs 7 nonstops in Tallahassee

04 · see also

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