($1,522) Movers From Mesa, AZ to Orlando, FL

What to know before moving from Mesa to Orlando

Moving from Mesa to Orlando comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Orlando is generally more expensive than Mesa, 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 Orlando are 9% higher than in Mesa, which means you’ll have less money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Orlando.
  Home prices in Orlando are 12.9% lower than in Mesa.
• Income in Orlando is 8.6% lower than in Mesa, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Orlando include Darden Restaurants, Red Lobster, and Multimedia.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Orlando, since the cost of living for a single person in Orlando is 19.1% higher than in Mesa. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to Orlando, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in Orlando is 26.0% higher than in Mesa.
• The unemployment rate in Orlando is 4.92% lower than in Mesa.
• You’ll spend less on retail and restaurants in Orlando, since the city’s sales taxes in Orlando are 21.69% lower than in Mesa.
• One perk of moving to Orlando is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Mesa.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $3,572.43 in Orlando to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Mesa.

How life is different in Mesa vs. Orlando

• Orlando might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 39% less than Mesa.
• Orlando offers better access to buses and trains than Mesa, based on public transportation ratings. Orlando has a transit score of 6 out of 10 compared to 4 in Mesa. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Orlando to be about as walkable as Mesa. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 41 and 38 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• Orlando and Mesa are similarly bike-friendly based on their comparable ratings of 57 and 60 respectively. Bike-friendliness scores between 50 and 100 indicate varying levels of infrastructure to support cyclists, including bike lanes and roadway connectivity. Cities with scores under 50 are considered more car-dependent.
• The crime rate in Orlando is higher than in Mesa, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 49.57 in Orlando, it is 44.67 in Mesa. 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 Orlando. With a crime index of 50.43, Orlando ranks lower in overall safety than Mesa, whose index is Mesa's 55.33. 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 Orlando and Mesa 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.