Tampa vs Punta Gorda leftover
Moving to Punta Gorda costs you $201 a month
$2,109/mo leftover in Punta Gorda vs $2,310 in Tampa after tax and rent ($201 less). −$2,412 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
Punta Gorda leftover
$2,109
−$201 vs Tampa
Compare Tampa to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Tampa.
Monthly gap
Tampa → Punta Gorda
$201
less / month in Tampa
$2,109 in Punta Gorda · $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, 316 households moved Tampa → Punta Gorda (avg AGI $66,566). 341 went the other way. The whole move →
−$201 / mo
| Per month | Tampa | Punta Gorda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,333 | $6,577 | −$757 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,476 | $1,251 | −$224 |
| Take-home pay | $5,858 | $5,325 | −$532 |
| Rent | $1,506 | $1,297 | −$209 |
| Getting around | $592 | $517 | −$75 |
| Groceries | $400 | $387 | −$13 |
| Healthcare | $450 | $435 | −$15 |
| Utilities | $250 | $242 | −$8 |
| Everything else | $350 | $338 | −$12 |
| Left over | $2,310 | $2,109 | −$201 |
To break even in Punta Gorda, you'd need to earn
$82,500
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 Punta Gorda
Tampa, FL in full
No income tax and beaches, but insurance costs are the hidden line item.
Punta Gorda, FL in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,544 and 266 sunny days; commutes average 27 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Punta Gorda on Punta Gorda wages.
Punta Gorda → Tampa →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Punta Gorda than Tampa?
A one-bedroom is about $1,506 in Tampa versus $1,297 in Punta Gorda. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $201 a month lower in Punta Gorda. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Punta Gorda have state income tax?
Punta Gorda is in Florida, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Tampa to Punta Gorda?
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 Punta Gorda 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.