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What to know before moving from Missoula to St. Petersburg

Moving from Missoula to St. Petersburg comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since St. Petersburg is generally more expensive than Missoula, 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 St. Petersburg are 57% higher than in Missoula, 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 St. Petersburg.
  Home prices in St. Petersburg are 33.8% lower than in Missoula.
• Income in St. Petersburg is 8.8% higher than in Missoula, so you could earn more for doing the same job. The top employers in St. Petersburg include Jabil, FADV Holdings, and Raymond James.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in St. Petersburg, since the cost of living for a single person in St. Petersburg is 31.4% higher than in Missoula. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to St. Petersburg, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in St. Petersburg is 5.9% higher than in Missoula.
• The unemployment rate in St. Petersburg is 4.55% higher than in Missoula.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in St. Petersburg, since the city’s sales taxes in St. Petersburg are 7.00% higher than in Missoula.
• One perk of moving to St. Petersburg is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Missoula.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $3,941.32 in St. Petersburg to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Missoula.

How life is different in Missoula vs. St. Petersburg

• The population of St. Petersburg is about 234% greater than Missoula, 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.
• St. Petersburg offers better access to buses and trains than Missoula, based on public transportation ratings. St. Petersburg has a transit score of 6 out of 10 compared to 5 in Missoula. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find St. Petersburg to be about as walkable as Missoula. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 43 and 45 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• St. Petersburg and Missoula are similarly bike-friendly based on their comparable ratings of 59 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 St. Petersburg is higher than in Missoula, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 39.54 in St. Petersburg, it is 33.27 in Missoula. 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 St. Petersburg. With a crime index of 60.46, St. Petersburg ranks lower in overall safety than Missoula, whose index is Missoula's 66.73. 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 St. Petersburg and Missoula 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.