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Deltona, FL vs Washington, DC

Simple answer

You'd likely save $765 a month in Deltona.

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 Fair Market Rent. The 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent gap is $765: Washington is higher at $2,438 versus $1,673.

Florida has no tax on wages. District of Columbia taxes wages at rates up to 10.75%. Combined sales tax differs by 1.0 percentage points, higher in Florida. The effective property tax gap is 0.13 percentage points, higher in Florida.

After a move from Florida to District of Columbia, 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 $82,183 in Washington 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

Washington

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$2,438
HUD area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Census median gross rent
$2,037
All-items price parity
108.9
Goods price parity
104.8
Utilities price parity
106.7
Mean commute
33.8 min
Median household income
$126,244

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

$82,183

Salary in Washington that matches the 2024 all-items regional price parity.

After state and federal tax

$90,045

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

Rent only

$109,295

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

TaxFloridaDistrict of Columbia
State income tax on wagesNo wage taxup to 10.75%
Combined sales tax, Jan 1, 20267.0%6.0%
Effective property tax, ACS 2024 median / median0.75%0.63%

On a $400,000 home, the state median effective rate implies about $3,016 a year in Florida and $2,506 in District of Columbia. That illustration is not a local bill. Childcare prices are not in the verified dataset for these metros.

Benefits if you land in District of Columbia

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

  • Food stamps (SNAP)

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonLikely eligible

  • Medicaid and CHIP

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonLikely eligible

  • WIC

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonLikely eligible

  • School meals

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonLikely eligible

  • LIHEAP

    DeltonaMaybe

    WashingtonMaybe

  • Earned Income Tax Credit

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonLikely eligible

  • Child Tax Credit

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonLikely eligible

  • Marketplace premium tax credits

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonUnlikely

  • Lifeline phone and internet

    DeltonaLikely eligible

    WashingtonLikely eligible

  • SSI

    DeltonaUnlikely

    WashingtonUnlikely

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

Medicaid guide for District of Columbia · SNAP guide

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