Rank #31 of 33

Jacksonville, FL

7.5

Tacos per hour at the local median wage

$3.00 Avg taco price

$22.61 Median hourly wage (2024)

$4.00 Fast-casual taqueria

$1.99 Taco Bell crunchy taco

Jacksonville sits below the national average. An hour of local work buys 7.5 tacos here, compared with 9.3 tacos per hour across the 33-city index (−1.8 vs national average).

Local note

Jacksonville's authentic taco scene is small relative to the city's size, with most options coming from food trucks rather than storefront taquerias. The limited supply, combined with the food-truck format, has pushed per-taco prices to the high end of the Southeast.

Where the numbers come from

Fast-casual: Taqueria El Paso food truck ($4.00 classic Mexican street taco), Taqueria Junior, Mr. Taco Food Truck, El Agave Azul. Chain: Taco Bell crunchy taco $1.99 (national avg). Note: Jacksonville's authentic taco scene is small and food-truck-dominated, which has pushed per-taco prices higher than expected for a Southern metro — flagged as anomalous.

Average taco price ($3.00) is $0.23 above the national average of $2.77.

How this is calculated. Tacos per hour = median hourly wage ÷ average taco price. Average taco price is the mean of the fast-casual taqueria anchor and the local Taco Bell crunchy taco price. Wages come from BLS OEWS, May 2024, MSA-level median for all occupations. Full methodology.