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Huntsville, AL cityscape

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Huntsville

al · metro 527k

photo: Harsh / unsplash

a dispatch from

huntsville

AL

34.73°N

86.59°W

Huntsville is Rocket City, with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket on display at the Space and Rocket Center, and a tech and engineering economy that punches way above the city's size. Cummings Research Park is the second-largest research park in the U.S. The Tennessee River and Monte Sano State Park give it a quiet outdoor side. Affordable and surprisingly smart.

metro527k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$174

more each month than Ocala ran you

Barely costlier than Ocala. If Huntsville pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
landable, recorded on the huntsville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,374/mo

15% cheaper than Ocala(vs $1,616/mo)

02state income tax

5%

$417/mo more in state tax than Ocala

vs 0% in Ocala

03after rent

$6,543/mo

$174 less than Ocala

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

04a house here

$316k

14% more expensive than Ocala

vs $277k in Ocala

05metro size

527k

vs 410k in Ocala

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

177

pleasant days a year, in huntsville.

Ocala gets 208 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.

3100% more happening than in Ocala.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

58/100

6% lower than Ocala

vs 62/100 in Ocala

Closest outdoor draw: Monte Sano State Park, 2.4 mi.

·walk score®

70/100

11% higher than Ocala

vs 63/100 in Ocala

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

9

80% more than Ocala

vs 5 nonstops in Ocala

04 · see also

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