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How Fountainebleau's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
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Your $100,000 in Fountainebleau has the same purchasing power as $79,416 in the average US city. You'd need $20,584 more here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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Within 10 points of Fountainebleau's cost index of 126, sorted by closest match.
So why do people move to Fountainebleau? The honest answer involves a few specific things the data backs up — most clearly no state income tax and jobs are easy to find right now, plus 3 more things worth knowing. The detail on each one is below.
Florida is one of the handful of US states with no state income tax on wages, so the only income-tax bite on a paycheck in Fountainebleau is federal. For a household earning $100k, that's a tangible four-figure difference every year compared to a comparable salary in California or New York.
Unemployment in Fountainebleau is running about 2.7% — below the typical US baseline of around 4%. That usually translates to a job market where employers compete for workers more than the other way around, which is the better side of that equation to be on if you're the one moving.
Winters in Fountainebleau average about 63°F — short, mild, and mostly just a different kind of nice weather than summer's 90°F. If you've spent a few years dealing with real winters and decided the trade-off isn't worth it, this is what the alternative looks like.
Reported crime in Fountainebleau comes in around 2,746 per 100,000 — under the national baseline of about 3,500. Worth digging into specific neighborhoods before settling on one, but the city-level picture is on the safer side.
Average AQI in Fountainebleau comes in around 37, well into the "good" band. Clean air isn't a thing you appreciate until you've lived somewhere it wasn't — and this is the side of that line you want to be on.
Reasons are pulled from Fountainebleau's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
No. Winter in Fountainebleau averages about 63°F — jacket weather, not coat weather. Snow on the actual city is essentially unheard-of.
Fountainebleau skips winter as the rest of the country knows it. Averages around 63°F mean a jacket is the most you'll need, and that's mainly in the evenings.
Properly hot. Fountainebleau's summer averages around 90°F with daily highs that routinely break 100°F. The trick to summer here is starting the day at sunrise and staying inside through the worst of it.
Approximately USDA Hardiness Zone 11. That's the band gardeners use to pick plants — anything rated for Zone 11 or colder should survive a typical winter in Fountainebleau. (The estimate is derived from our winter-temperature data; the official USDA map uses station-level annual minimums and may differ by half a zone.)
Barely above the water. Fountainebleau is at about 16 feet (5 m) elevation, and parts of the city are essentially at sea level. Flood-zone maps are worth checking before buying a house.
Officially, Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, but most of the action lands between mid-August and mid-October. For Fountainebleau, that's when to keep half an eye on the National Hurricane Center forecast cone — and when an actual evacuation plan is worth having in the drawer if you're in a low-lying or coastal neighborhood.
Middle of the pack. Fountainebleau comes in around 2,746 per 100,000, basically the national average. The interesting question is usually which neighborhood, not which city — that's where the real variation lives.
More expensive than average — by enough to plan around. Fountainebleau's composite index is 126 versus 100 for the US, with rent and home prices driving most of the gap. Salaries in higher-paying industries usually move together, but the math still tightens for everyone else.
In parts, yes. With a citywide Walk Score of 54/100, Fountainebleau has genuinely walkable neighborhoods alongside more sprawled stretches. Transit Score is 44 out of 100. If walkability matters to you, the neighborhood choice will matter more than the city-level number.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $88,144 to live in Fountainebleau the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in Fountainebleau runs about $1,820/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.