Assembling your view…
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Crunching costs, sorting signals, rendering insights.
Moving to Odessa looks like a financial upgrade — better income-to-cost ratio.
Odessa has a cost index of 97 vs 119 for Hialeah. Odessa is 22 points cheaper overall. Monthly rent goes from $2,437 to $1,612 (-34%).
If you earn the Hialeah median of $53,079, you would need approximately $43,266/year in Odessa to maintain equivalent purchasing power, based on the cost index difference of 22 points (18%).
Median rent in Hialeah is $2,437/month. In Odessa it is $1,612/month — a difference of $825 per month, or $9,900 per year.
Moving to Odessa looks like a financial upgrade — better income-to-cost ratio. The salary equivalent to maintain your current lifestyle is $43,266/year in Odessa. The median income there is $73,030.
Estimated monthly essentials total $4,685 in Hialeah vs $3,463 in Odessa — a difference of $1,222/month ($14,664/year).
The median home price in Odessa is $248,410 vs $439,844 in Hialeah. With 20% down and a 6.5% rate, the estimated monthly mortgage payment is $1,256 in Odessa vs $2,224 in Hialeah.