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Jacksonville vs Cape Coral

Jacksonville, FL compared with Cape Coral, FL · 256 miles apart

Jacksonville has 1,017,689 residents to Cape Coral’s 236,264. Jacksonville comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Cape Coral does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Jacksonville, FL Cape Coral, FL
Population 1,017,689 236,264
Density (per sq mi) 1,362 2,223
Median household income $69,872 $78,104
Median home value $293,700 $373,500
Median rent $1,465 $1,858
Homeownership 57.6% 77.2%
Average commute 24.1 min 29.9 min
Median age 36.5 48.6
Bachelor's degree + 33.2% 26.9%
Poverty rate 14.5% 10.7%
Unemployment 4.6% 3.8%
Price to income 4.2× 4.8×
Clear days a year 27 24
Days above 90°F 42 71

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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