$100k salary, packing up from Huntsville
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
below Huntsville's monthly cost
Gainesville and Huntsville land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
20% more expensive than Huntsville(vs $1,374/mo)
0%
$417/mo less in state tax than Huntsville
vs 5% in Huntsville
$6,688/mo
$145 more than Huntsville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
0% more expensive than Huntsville
vs $316k in Huntsville
350k
vs 527k in Huntsville
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Huntsville keeps to 177 pleasant days a year.
Lighter on events: Huntsville packs 10.7× more into a month.
63/100
9% higher than Huntsville
vs 58/100 in Huntsville
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
30% higher than Huntsville
vs 70/100 in Huntsville
5
44% fewer than Huntsville
vs 9 nonstops in Huntsville
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