$380,000 buys the median home in Cape Coral right now. With 20% down, that's a $76,000 down payment and a $304,000 loan, set against a $65,000 median household income.
At a 1.05% effective rate, Cape Coral property taxes add $333 to the monthly payment on the median home, $3,990 a year in total.
Florida charges no state income tax. Every dollar of the $65,000 median household income here converts more directly into covering the $2,461/month payment.
Cape Coral's cost of living index is 100, at the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Cape Coral's median home price runs 37% lower than nearby Miami: $600,000 there versus $380,000 here.