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Wichita, KS cityscape

from port st. lucie

Wichita

ks · metro 653k

a dispatch from

wichita

KS

37.69°N

97.34°W

Wichita is the Air Capital of the World, with Cessna, Beechcraft, and major Spirit AeroSystems facilities all here. The Arkansas River runs through downtown, and the Old Town district has brick streets, breweries, and the kind of friendly Kansas pace that makes the rest of the country envious. The flatness is real, and the sunsets are enormous because of it.

metro653k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$683

cheaper each month than Port St. Lucie

Wichita is the easier version of your monthly budget. Lower rent, lighter monthly outlay.
landable, recorded on the wichita entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,173/mo

50% cheaper than Port St. Lucie(vs $2,331/mo)

02state income tax

5.7%

$475/mo more in state tax than Port St. Lucie

vs 0% in Port St. Lucie

03after rent

$6,685/mo

$683 more than Port St. Lucie

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

04a house here

$221k

44% cheaper than Port St. Lucie

vs $397k in Port St. Lucie

05metro size

653k

vs 537k in Port St. Lucie

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

164

pleasant days a year, in wichita.

Port St. Lucie gets 246 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. Hot stretches show up, though: 30 days above 95° here, 2 in Port St. Lucie.

·outdoorscore

52/100

4% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 50/100 in Port St. Lucie

Closest outdoor draw: El Dorado State Park, 33 mi.

·walk score®

69/100

590% higher than Port St. Lucie

vs 10/100 in Port St. Lucie

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

11

52% fewer than Port St. Lucie

vs 23 nonstops in Port St. Lucie

04 · see also

cities that play in wichita's register: