2024 Compare Cities Cost of Living:
Webster, TX vs Sarasota, FL

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Is it cheaper to live in Sarasota or is it cheaper to live in Webster?
- Sarasota is 8.7% more expensive than Webster.

Which city has more affordable housing, Sarasota or Webster?
- Sarasota housing costs are 52.6% more expensive than Webster housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Webster or is Health Care more affordable in Sarasota.
- Health related expenses are 6.9% more in Sarasota.
 Webster, TXSarasota, FLUnited States
 Overall96.9105.3100
 Food & Groceries97.0106.5100
 Health95.1101.7100
 Housing74.9114.3100
 Median Home Cost$263,000$454,200$338,100
 Utilities9794100
 Transportation112.490.9100
 Miscellaneous105.9106.6100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Webster    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Texas is one of the few places in the country that does not put a sales tax on most grocery  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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