on $100k a year, leaving Baton Rouge
changea dispatch from
gainesville
FL
29.65°N
82.32°W
Gainesville is the University of Florida, the Gators, and a college town with serious natural assets: 30+ named springs within an hour's drive, including Ginnie, Devil's Den, and Ichetucknee for tubing. The food scene is solid and cheap (it's still a college town), and downtown's grown up with breweries and music venues. Surrounded by oak forests and prairie. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers got their start here.
in our guides
the verdict
pricier each month than Baton Rouge
Almost a wash on cost. The case for Gainesville is about what you'd do there, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
21% more expensive than Baton Rouge(vs $1,361/mo)
0%
$250/mo less in state tax than Baton Rouge
vs 3% in Baton Rouge
$6,688/mo
$34 less than Baton Rouge
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
27% more expensive than Baton Rouge
vs $250k in Baton Rouge
350k
vs 874k in Baton Rouge
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Baton Rouge barely cracks 187 pleasant ones.
Baton Rouge hosts 5.0× more events.
63/100
26% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 50/100 in Baton Rouge
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
21% higher than Baton Rouge
vs 75/100 in Baton Rouge
5
25% more than Baton Rouge
vs 4 nonstops in Baton Rouge
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