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Jacksonville vs The Villages

Jacksonville, FL compared with The Villages, FL · 101 miles apart

Jacksonville has 1,017,689 residents to The Villages’s 83,498. Jacksonville comes out ahead on unemployment, price to income. The Villages does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.

Jacksonville, FL The Villages, FL
Population 1,017,689 83,498
Density (per sq mi) 1,362 2,557
Median household income $69,872 $77,622
Median home value $293,700 $400,100
Median rent $1,465 $1,397
Homeownership 57.6% 93.3%
Average commute 24.1 min 21.2 min
Median age 36.5 74.1
Bachelor's degree + 33.2% 42.8%
Poverty rate 14.5% 4.7%
Unemployment 4.6% 5.3%
Price to income 4.2× 5.2×
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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