Tampa vs Deltona leftover
Moving to Deltona costs you $7 a month
$2,303/mo leftover in Deltona vs $2,310 in Tampa after tax and rent ($7 less). −$84 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Tampa leftover
$2,310
a month after tax and rent
Deltona leftover
$2,303
−$7 vs Tampa
Compare Tampa to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Tampa.
Monthly gap
Tampa → Deltona
$7
less / month in Tampa
$2,303 in Deltona · $2,310 in Tampa · 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, 595 households moved Tampa → Deltona (avg AGI $68,418). 636 went the other way. The whole move →
−$7 / mo
| Per month | Tampa | Deltona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,333 | $6,920 | −$413 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,476 | $1,353 | −$123 |
| Take-home pay | $5,858 | $5,567 | −$291 |
| Rent | $1,506 | $1,324 | −$182 |
| Getting around | $592 | $538 | −$54 |
| Groceries | $400 | $387 | −$13 |
| Healthcare | $450 | $435 | −$15 |
| Utilities | $250 | $242 | −$8 |
| Everything else | $350 | $338 | −$12 |
| Left over | $2,310 | $2,303 | −$7 |
To break even in Deltona, you'd need to earn
$83,000
Household gross, versus $88,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Tampa does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Florida has no wage income tax.
More about Deltona
Tampa, FL in full
No income tax and beaches, but insurance costs are the hidden line item.
Deltona, FL in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,576 and 248 sunny days; commutes average 27 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Deltona on Deltona wages.
Deltona → Tampa →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Deltona than Tampa?
A one-bedroom is about $1,506 in Tampa versus $1,324 in Deltona. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $7 a month lower in Deltona. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Deltona have state income tax?
Deltona is in Florida, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Tampa to Deltona?
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 Tampa and Deltona 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.