in our guides
01 · the verdict
the verdict
cheaper each month than San Diego
Move to Dayton and the monthly math gets easier. San Diego's rent is the headline; Dayton's is a footnote.
02 · the money
a quick ledger.
$1,321/mo
54% cheaper than San Diego(vs $2,890/mo)
3.99%
$442/mo less in state tax than San Diego
vs 9.3% in San Diego
$6,680/mo
$2,012 more than San Diego
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$139k
86% cheaper than San Diego
vs $1010k in San Diego
808k
vs 3.3M in San Diego
03 · the life
field notes, weather & such.
171
pleasant days a year, in dayton.
San Diego gets 332 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 34 days under 20°, vs 0 in San Diego.
But the calendar thins out: San Diego stays 12.4× busier.
62/100
17% lower than San Diego
vs 75/100 in San Diego
Closest outdoor draw: Sycamore State Park, 9.9 mi.
89/100
10% lower than San Diego
vs 99/100 in San Diego
16
71% fewer than San Diego
vs 55 nonstops in San Diego
04 · see also
similar cost and lifestyle tradeoffs to dayton:
