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Deltona vs Port St. Lucie

Metro-area medians — Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metro Area vs Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area — not the cities proper.

Deltona and Port St. Lucie are evenly matched, each taking 4 of the clearly-decided measures.

Deltona and Port St. Lucie cost about the same to live in, but Port St. Lucie households earn about 9% more. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Port St. Lucie.

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Deltona, FL
$61,314
take-home / yr · 18% to tax
$61,704
real value after local prices
Port St. Lucie, FL
$61,314
take-home / yr · 18% to tax
$61,174
real value after local prices

On $75,000 for just you, Deltona leaves you about $530/yr better off after tax and local prices.

Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.

Measure
Deltona
Port St. Lucie
Livability (CityLedger)
41/100
43/100
Cost of living (price level, US = 100)
99.4
100.2
Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
$74,170
$80,476
Median household income
$73,701
$80,659
Median rent
$1,614/mo
$1,722/mo
Median home value
$362,600
$420,200
Unemployment
4.5%
5.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
29.9%
31.4%
Average commute
27.8 min
30.9 min
Air quality (median AQI)
41
40
Avg temperature
72°F
73°F

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Deltona vs Port St. Lucie — frequently asked

Is Deltona cheaper than Port St. Lucie?
They are about even — the overall cost of living in the Deltona and Port St. Lucie metros is within 3% of each other (BEA Regional Price Parities), so neither is meaningfully cheaper.
Which has higher household income, Deltona or Port St. Lucie?
Port St. Lucie has the higher median household income — $80,659 versus $73,701 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS), about 9% more.
Does a paycheck go further in Deltona or Port St. Lucie?
A paycheck stretches further in Port St. Lucie. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $80,476 there versus $74,170 in Deltona.
Which has cheaper rent, Deltona or Port St. Lucie?
Deltona has cheaper rent — a median of $1,614/mo versus $1,722/mo (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).