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Jacksonville vs Palm Bay

Jacksonville, FL compared with Palm Bay, FL · 175 miles apart

Jacksonville has 1,017,689 residents to Palm Bay’s 148,092. Jacksonville comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Palm Bay does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Jacksonville, FL Palm Bay, FL
Population 1,017,689 148,092
Density (per sq mi) 1,362 1,709
Median household income $69,872 $72,614
Median home value $293,700 $283,200
Median rent $1,465 $1,601
Homeownership 57.6% 79.7%
Average commute 24.1 min 27.8 min
Median age 36.5 41
Bachelor's degree + 33.2% 24%
Poverty rate 14.5% 11.7%
Unemployment 4.6% 6.1%
Price to income 4.2× 3.9×
Clear days a year 27
Days above 90°F 42

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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