
The
Best Places To Live In Florida
Date:
From: Robert Cotter, Ph.D.
Author: "The Florida Retirement Book
- An Insider's Guide"
Money
Magazine recently published its “100
Best Places to Live in America” list. The only Florida
towns to make the list were Hunter’s Creek at
number 21, and Winter Springs at number 97.
How
could this be since you know that the town in which you currently
reside in Florida is one of the Best in America by
your standards. Or, if you are investigating a specific town
for Florida retirement or relocation, you may have decided
that your "gem" is the Florida's best. After
all, you
have done your due diligence in the search process.
Ha!
The criteria used for this study explains the results and likewise
diminishes the usefulness
of
the list. In the first place, only towns with populations less
than 50,000 were considered.
Places
with median family income more than 200% or less than 85% of
the state median, and those more than 95% white were screened
out. Retirement communities were also excluded!
The
other usual factors such as education, health, arts and leisure,
jobs and
economy, and home affordability were evaluated. Both of the
Florida towns on the list stood out for “home affordability.”
Of
course the irony is that many of these data points are comprised
from sales of homes that
are located in Florida
Retirement Communities! What's more, buying Florida
homes or condos in these locales at these prices would have
been
considered
unheard of just a few short years ago.
Nevertheless,
here are some facts about Hunter’s
Creek and Winter Springs.
Statistic |
Hunter’s
Creek |
Winter
Springs |
County |
Orange |
Seminole |
Population |
11,700 |
33,700 |
Land
Area |
4.3
sq. mi. |
14.3
sq. mi |
Median
Household Income |
$59,517 |
$61856 |
Median
House/Condo Value |
$295,211 |
$227551 |
White
(%) |
53.6 |
75.1 |
Hispanic
(%) |
28.3 |
15.3 |
Asian
(%) |
8.8 |
2.2 |
Black
(%) |
7.6 |
5.2 |
Bachelor
degree or Higher (%) |
45 |
36.3 |
Distance
to Tampa |
69
miles |
88
miles |
Distance
to Orlando |
14.5
miles |
12.5
miles |
Source:
Money Magazine If
you are in the area of these towns you may want to stop by
and
evaluate them for your “Best in America” list.
If you are currently living in one of them, you might want to
apply for a job to become one of Money Magazine’s wizards!
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