Port St. Lucie, FL
Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Port St. Lucie ranks 146th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 115th for income. A household earns $80,659 a year while median rent runs $1,722/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 0% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (68th of 300), while commute is the soft spot (283rd). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 255th and home prices 229th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Port St. Lucie, your take-home is worth about $61,174 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 115th of 300↑28.8%$80,659
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 225th of 300100 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $80,476
- Per-capita income
- $43,228
- Full-time pay
- $42,408
Housing
- Median rent
- 255th of 300↑43.7%$1,722/mo
- Home value
- 229th of 300↑73.2%$420,200
- Property tax
- $3,877/yr · 0.9%
- Sales tax
- 6.95%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 235th of 3005.4%
- Bachelor's+
- 181st of 30031.4%
- Avg commute
- 283rd of 30030.9 min
People
- Population
- 556,336
- Population change
- +13.7%
- Median age
- 47.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 18.6%
- Broadband
- 94.6%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 68th of 30040
- Natural-hazard loss
- 272nd of 300$33/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 157th of 30018.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 15.8%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Air quality
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — ft pierce st lucie co intl ap.
What jobs pay in Port St. Lucie
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $239,990
- IT managers
- $142,500
- Financial managers
- $135,730
- Pharmacists
- $135,230
- Lawyers
- $132,360
- Software developers
- $128,510
- Civil engineers
- $99,220
- General & operations managers
- $94,910
- Registered nurses
- $82,090
- Accountants & auditors
- $79,430
- Police officers
- $77,070
- Electricians
- $58,540
- Elementary school teachers
- $53,610
- Secondary school teachers
- $53,600
- Plumbers
- $50,990
- Carpenters
- $48,640
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $48,590
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $45,620
- Construction laborers
- $42,960
- Customer service reps
- $38,380
- Waiters & waitresses
- $36,250
- Janitors
- $34,550
- Retail salespersons
- $34,020
- Cashiers
- $30,540
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Port St. Lucie metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Florida are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- New York1,644
- New Jersey1,390
- Pennsylvania791
- Texas670
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Port St. Lucie metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Port St. Lucie metro?
- Median gross rent across the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area is $1,722 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Port St. Lucie.
- What is the median household income in the Port St. Lucie metro?
- A typical household in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area earns $80,659 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Port St. Lucie expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area runs about 0% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Port St. Lucie metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $80,476 (versus its face value of $80,659). CityLedger rates the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Port St. Lucie metro?
- The median home value across the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area is $420,200 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Port St. Lucie metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area is 5.4% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).