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Deltona, FL vs Salt Lake City, UT

Simple answer

You'd likely save $58 a month in Salt Lake City.

This is the HUD 2-bedroom fair-market rent for October 2026 through September 2027. It is not your lease.

The largest cost gap in this pair is housing prices. The BEA housing price parity differs by 14.9 points (Deltona 108.4, Salt Lake City 123.3).

Florida has no tax on wages. Utah taxes wages at a flat 4.50%. Combined sales tax differs by 0.4 percentage points, higher in Utah. The effective property tax gap is 0.27 percentage points, higher in Florida.

After a move from Florida to Utah, these benefit results change for a family of four at $40,000 and a single adult at $18,000: Marketplace premium tax credits, Medicaid and CHIP.

A $75,000 salary in Deltona lines up with about $76,133 in Salt Lake City on the 2024 all-items price parity. Census median gross rent and the commute figures are 2024. Fair Market Rents are fiscal year 2027.

Deltona

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,673
HUD area
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL HUD Metro FMR Area
Census median gross rent
$1,614
All-items price parity
99.4
Goods price parity
96.2
Utilities price parity
87.6
Mean commute
27.8 min
Median household income
$73,701

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,615
HUD area
Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area
Census median gross rent
$1,659
All-items price parity
100.9
Goods price parity
96.4
Utilities price parity
79.0
Mean commute
23.5 min
Median household income
$100,548

Equivalent salary

The first number keeps the same place in the national price level. The second also runs 2026 federal income tax, employee Social Security and Medicare, and a simplified state income tax. Groceries use the BEA goods price parity, not a grocery receipt.

Same buying power

$76,133

Salary in Salt Lake City that matches the 2024 all-items regional price parity.

After state and federal tax

$80,071

Gross salary in Salt Lake City whose after-tax pay buys the same basket, using price parities.

Rent only

$72,400

Scales the salary by the ratio of HUD 2-bedroom Fair Market Rents. Rent is not the whole budget.

Taxes on the two sides of the move

TaxFloridaUtah
State income tax on wagesNo wage tax4.50% flat
Combined sales tax, Jan 1, 20267.0%7.4%
Effective property tax, ACS 2024 median / median0.75%0.49%

On a $400,000 home, the state median effective rate implies about $3,016 a year in Florida and $1,943 in Utah. That illustration is not a local bill. Childcare prices are not in the verified dataset for these metros.

Benefits if you land in Utah

Same household, $40,000 a year, scored once in Florida and once in Utah. This is an illustration, not your application.

  • Food stamps (SNAP)

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityLikely eligible

  • Medicaid and CHIP

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityLikely eligible

  • WIC

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityLikely eligible

  • School meals

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityLikely eligible

  • LIHEAP

    DeltonaMaybe

    Salt Lake CityMaybe

  • Earned Income Tax Credit

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityLikely eligible

  • Child Tax Credit

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityLikely eligible

  • Marketplace premium tax credits

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityUnlikely

  • Lifeline phone and internet

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    Salt Lake CityLikely eligible

  • SSI

    DeltonaUnlikely

    Salt Lake CityUnlikely

Marketplace premium tax credits changes. In Deltona the result is “Likely inside the 2026 subsidy range.” In Salt Lake City it is “Unlikely — Medicaid is the closer program.” Utah expanded Medicaid, and this income is in the Medicaid range. Marketplace subsidies are usually not the program in that case.

Medicaid guide for Utah · SNAP guide

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