Orlando vs Wildwood leftover
Moving to Wildwood costs you $164 a month
$2,008/mo leftover in Wildwood vs $2,172 in Orlando after tax and rent ($164 less). −$1,968 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Orlando leftover
$2,172
a month after tax and rent
Wildwood leftover
$2,008
−$164 vs Orlando
Compare Orlando to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Orlando.
Monthly gap
Orlando → Wildwood
$164
less / month in Orlando
$2,008 in Wildwood · $2,172 in Orlando · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 1,066 households moved Orlando → Wildwood (avg AGI $71,059). 899 went the other way. The whole move →
−$164 / mo
| Per month | Orlando | Wildwood | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $6,204 | −$880 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,401 | $1,141 | −$261 |
| Take-home pay | $5,682 | $5,063 | −$619 |
| Rent | $1,488 | $1,155 | −$333 |
| Getting around | $586 | $498 | −$88 |
| Groceries | $396 | $387 | −$9 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $435 | −$11 |
| Utilities | $248 | $242 | −$6 |
| Everything else | $347 | $338 | −$9 |
| Left over | $2,172 | $2,008 | −$164 |
To break even in Wildwood, you'd need to earn
$77,000
Household gross, versus $85,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Orlando does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Florida has no wage income tax.
More about Wildwood
Orlando, FL in full
No income tax, but a service economy holds wages below the national median.
Wildwood, FL in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom estimated asking rent of $1,375 and 248 sunny days; commutes average 28 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Wildwood on Wildwood wages.
Wildwood → Orlando →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Wildwood than Orlando?
A one-bedroom is about $1,488 in Orlando versus $1,155 in Wildwood. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $164 a month lower in Wildwood. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Wildwood have state income tax?
Wildwood is in Florida, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Orlando to Wildwood?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Florida tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Orlando and Wildwood moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.