($1,401) Movers From Plano, TX to St. Petersburg, FL

What to know before moving from Plano to St. Petersburg

Moving from Plano to St. Petersburg comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since St. Petersburg is generally more expensive than Plano, it’s important to plan ahead and budget carefully for the change.

Check out how the two cities compare so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in St. Petersburg are 1% lower than in Plano, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in St. Petersburg.
  Home prices in St. Petersburg are 29.4% lower than in Plano.
• Income in St. Petersburg is 5.2% lower than in Plano, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in St. Petersburg include Jabil, FADV Holdings, and Raymond James.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in St. Petersburg, since the cost of living for a single person in St. Petersburg is 5.4% higher than in Plano. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to St. Petersburg, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in St. Petersburg is 1.6% higher than in Plano.
• The unemployment rate in St. Petersburg is 16.36% lower than in Plano.
• You’ll spend less on retail and restaurants in St. Petersburg, since the city’s sales taxes in St. Petersburg are 15.15% lower than in Plano.
• State income taxes are the same in St. Petersburg and Plano.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $3,162.81 in St. Petersburg to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Plano.

How life is different in Plano vs. St. Petersburg

• St. Petersburg might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 9% less than Plano.
• St. Petersburg offers better access to buses and trains than Plano, based on public transportation ratings. St. Petersburg has a transit score of 6 out of 10 compared to 2 in Plano. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find St. Petersburg to be about as walkable as Plano. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 43 and 41 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• If cycling is your thing, St. Petersburg is considered more bike-friendly than Plano in terms of designated lanes and connectivity and how many residents opt to commute on two wheels rather than by car. St. Petersburg has a bike-friendliness score of 59 out of 100, while Plano is rated as 52 out of 100.
• The crime rate in St. Petersburg is higher than in Plano, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 39.54 in St. Petersburg, it is 23.02 in Plano. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in St. Petersburg. With a crime index of 60.46, St. Petersburg ranks lower in overall safety than Plano, whose index is Plano's 76.98. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in St. Petersburg and Plano is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.