Moving from Tampa to Port St. Lucie
Tampa to Port St. Lucie: $504 less leftover
$1,806/mo leftover in Port St. Lucie vs $2,310 in Tampa after tax and rent ($504 less). −$6,048 a year — not a moving-company quote.
Tampa leftover
$2,310
a month after tax and rent
Port St. Lucie leftover
$1,806
−$504 vs Tampa
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
Leftover is not a cost-of-living index. Leftover vs a COL index
Who already made this move
In 2022-2023, 335 households moved Tampa → Port St. Lucie (about 535 people, average AGI $75,272). 389 households went the other way.
Source: IRS SOI county-to-county migration. Not a moving company; not a recommendation.
| Per month | Tampa | Port St. Lucie |
|---|---|---|
| Take-home | $5,858 | $5,512 |
| Rent | $1,506 | $1,744 |
| All other costs | $2,042 | $1,962 |
| Left over | $2,310 | $1,806 |
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 Port St. Lucie 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.
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What the move itself costs
About 171 road miles, 1 bedroom. Typical ranges, not quotes.
- Full-service mover
- $1,700–$3,200
- Container or pod
- $1,150–$2,150
- Rent a truck
- $450–$850
Other moves from Tampa
Dig into Port St. Lucie
Paycheck
Take-home pay after tax and rent, and what's left at the end of the month.
Who moved
Which metros people actually left and arrived from, according to IRS tax returns.
Rent vs buy
Asking rent, the median home, property tax, and months to a down payment.
Monthly costs
Groceries, getting around, utilities, healthcare and childcare at your household size.
Daily life
Homicide and firearm death rates, heat, cars and commute.
Kids
Public-school enrollment, pupil–teacher ratio, bedrooms and childcare.
Getting there
Typical cost to get here, then leftover after tax and rent — not a moving-company directory.
Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Port St. Lucie than Tampa?
A one-bedroom is about $1,506 in Tampa versus $1,744 in Port St. Lucie. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $504 a month lower in Port St. Lucie. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Port St. Lucie have state income tax?
Port St. Lucie is in Florida, which has no state income tax.
Did people actually move from Tampa to Port St. Lucie?
When IRS county-to-county data covers this pair, the page lists how many households made the Tampa → Port St. Lucie move and their average AGI. Leftover after tax and rent is shown for the same household on both sides.