($1,363) Movers From St. Petersburg, FL to Spring Valley, NV

What to know before moving from St. Petersburg to Spring Valley

Moving from St. Petersburg to Spring Valley comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Spring Valley is generally more expensive than St. Petersburg, 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 Spring Valley are 9% lower than in St. Petersburg, 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 Spring Valley are 11.0% higher than in St. Petersburg.
• Income in Spring Valley is 22.4% lower than in St. Petersburg, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Spring Valley include Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Clark County School District, and Walmart.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Spring Valley, since the cost of living for a single person in Spring Valley is 74.1% higher than in St. Petersburg. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Spring Valley is 5.3% lower than in St. Petersburg.
• The unemployment rate in Spring Valley is 91.30% higher than in St. Petersburg.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Spring Valley, since the city’s sales taxes in Spring Valley are 19.71% higher than in St. Petersburg.
• State income taxes are the same in Spring Valley and St. Petersburg.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $5,223.32 in Spring Valley to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in St. Petersburg.

How life is different in St. Petersburg vs. Spring Valley

• Spring Valley might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 17% less than St. Petersburg.
• Your access to buses, shuttles, trams, or trains in Spring Valley will be about the same as it currently is in St. Petersburg. The cities share a similar public transportation score, which means their transit systems are comparable in terms of how connected they are, how often they provide service, and how close they are to jobs, housing, retail and food stores, and other important locations.
• You’ll find Spring Valley to be about as walkable as St. Petersburg. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 44 and 43 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Spring Valley, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than St. Petersburg. While St. Petersburg has a bike-friendliness score of 59 out of 100, Spring Valley earned a 43. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• You can anticipate the same crime rate in Spring Valley as St. Petersburg. With the crime index, lower scores are better because they indicate less crime. Cities with scores of 20 or below, for example, have much fewer instances of crime than those with scores of 80–100.
• Spring Valley is generally as safe as St. Petersburg, according to their similar safety index ratings. The ratings are based on how comfortable residents feel about walking alone during the daytime and nighttime and the number of small crimes like theft and muggings.
• The air quality in Spring Valley and St. Petersburg 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.