Wildwood vs Palm Bay leftover
You'd keep $305 more a month in Palm Bay
$2,316/mo leftover in Palm Bay vs $2,011 in Wildwood after tax and rent ($305 more). +$3,660 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Wildwood leftover
$2,011
a month after tax and rent
Palm Bay leftover
$2,316
+$305 vs Wildwood
Compare Wildwood to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Wildwood.
Monthly gap
Wildwood → Palm Bay
$305
more / month in Palm Bay
$2,316 in Palm Bay · $2,011 in Wildwood · 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, 45 households moved Wildwood → Palm Bay (avg AGI $84,200). 52 went the other way. The whole move →
+$305 / mo
| Per month | Wildwood | Palm Bay | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,208 | $7,050 | +$841 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,142 | $1,391 | +$249 |
| Take-home pay | $5,066 | $5,658 | +$592 |
| Rent | $1,155 | $1,399 | +$244 |
| Getting around | $498 | $541 | +$43 |
| Groceries | $387 | $387 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $435 | $435 | $0 |
| Utilities | $242 | $242 | $0 |
| Everything else | $338 | $338 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,011 | $2,316 | +$305 |
To break even in Palm Bay, you'd need to earn
$79,500
Household gross, versus $74,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Wildwood does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Florida has no wage income tax.
More about Palm Bay
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.
Palm Bay, FL in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,665 and 250 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Palm Bay on Palm Bay wages.
Palm Bay → Wildwood →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Palm Bay than Wildwood?
A one-bedroom is about $1,155 in Wildwood versus $1,399 in Palm Bay. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $305 a month higher in Palm Bay. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Palm Bay have state income tax?
Palm Bay is in Florida, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Wildwood to Palm Bay?
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 Wildwood and Palm Bay 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.