($1,335) Movers From Gainesville, FL to Tulsa, OK

What to know before moving from Gainesville to Tulsa

Moving from Gainesville to Tulsa comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Tulsa is generally more expensive than Gainesville, 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 Tulsa are 25% lower than in Gainesville, 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 Tulsa.
  Home prices in Tulsa are 30.6% lower than in Gainesville.
• Income in Tulsa is 11.1% lower than in Gainesville, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Tulsa include Imperial, Hilti, and QuikTrip.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Tulsa, since the cost of living for a single person in Tulsa is 56.3% higher than in Gainesville. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Tulsa is 18.4% lower than in Gainesville.
• The unemployment rate in Tulsa is 6.82% higher than in Gainesville.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Tulsa, since the city’s sales taxes in Tulsa are 21.71% higher than in Gainesville.
• State income taxes in Tulsa are 4.75% higher than in Gainesville.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $4,690.21 in Tulsa to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Gainesville.

How life is different in Gainesville vs. Tulsa

• The population of Tulsa is about 193% greater than Gainesville, so you may find more to see and do in your new surroundings. Of course, with more people can also come increased competition for jobs and housing.
• Getting around Tulsa without a car might be more difficult than in Gainesville. Tulsa has a public transportation score of 4 out of 10, whereas Gainesville is ranked 6. Ratings are based on a city’s transit connectivity, service frequency, and accessibility to key destinations like jobs and grocery stores.
• You’ll find Tulsa to be about as walkable as Gainesville. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 39 and 37 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 Tulsa, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Gainesville. While Gainesville has a bike-friendliness score of 69 out of 100, Tulsa earned a 47. 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.
• The crime rate in Tulsa is higher than in Gainesville, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 51.94 in Tulsa, it is 8.0 in Gainesville. 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 Tulsa. With a crime index of 48.06, Tulsa ranks lower in overall safety than Gainesville, whose index is Gainesville's 52.61. 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 Tulsa and Gainesville 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.