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South · Florida · pop 260K

St. Petersburg, FL

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in FL, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,412 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,496 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,381 left over.

Expect summer highs near 90°F, winter lows around 55°F, and about 244 sunny days a year.

The job market looks healthy: 2.9% unemployment and 2.1% job growth over the past year.

Tradeoff: home prices run high relative to local incomes, so buying may take longer than elsewhere.

AFFORD 89HOUSIN 32JOBS 84SAFETY 60CLIMAT 100AMENIT 52

The St. Petersburg fit print

Est. monthly cost

$4,031/mo

Typical rent

$1,760/mo

Home value ÷ income

5.5×

Score breakdown

Affordability
89
Housing
32
Jobs
84
Safety
60
Climate
100
Amenities
52

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,600/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,760/mo
Median home value
$380,000
Median household income
$69,000
Population
260,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
2.9%
Job growth (1yr)
2.1%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
570
Property crime rate
2,700

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
90°F
Avg. winter low
55°F
Sunny days / year
244
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈1/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈140/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈5/yr
Annual rain
50"
Annual snow
0"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
R+2
Int'l airport
≈12 mi
Walkability
43/100
Disaster risk
84/100
Buying instead of renting? Florida's effective property tax runs about 0.80% of home value per year (≈$253/mo on the median $380,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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