$100k a year, no longer in Ocala
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
more expensive each month than Ocala
Barely costlier than Ocala. If Gainesville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,645/mo
2% more expensive than Ocala(vs $1,616/mo)
0%
vs 0% in Ocala
$6,688/mo
$29 less than Ocala
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$317k
14% more expensive than Ocala
vs $277k in Ocala
350k
vs 410k in Ocala
field notes, weather & such.
206
pleasant days a year, in gainesville.
Ocala gets 208 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
200% more happening than in Ocala.
63/100
2% higher than Ocala
vs 62/100 in Ocala
Closest outdoor draw: Ocala National Forest, 29.5 mi.
91/100
44% higher than Ocala
vs 63/100 in Ocala
5
0% fewer than Ocala
vs 5 nonstops in Ocala
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