Pay and cost of living in Gulf County, FL
Gulf County, FL is part of the North Florida nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 1 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $47,130 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Correctional Officers and Jailers at $47,130, and the lowest is Correctional Officers and Jailers at $47,130.
A one-bedroom apartment in Gulf County, FL has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,168 a month and a two-bedroom $1,532. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $21,378 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $39,997 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Gulf County, FL or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Gulf County, FL
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Gulf County, FL, set beside the Florida and national medians.
Median household income in Gulf County, FL is $61,179, 18% below the Florida median of $74,568 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,016) equals 22.9% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $47,130, is 23% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Gulf County, FL pay a median of $1,578 a year in real estate taxes, 42% below the Florida median of $2,730. With a median home value of $250,000, 30% below the Florida median of $359,000, the ratio of the two medians is 0.63% a year.
Renters in Gulf County, FL pay a median gross rent of $1,187 a month in the Census survey, 29% below the Florida median of $1,669. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,168; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Gulf County, FL who travel to a workplace spend an average of 24.1 minutes each way, 14% below the Florida average of 28.0. 9.3% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.