07/18/2023
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Florida Living Too Expensive?
Not in These 10 Places
By Natalie La Roche Pietri
Fla. isn’t getting too expensive – only some metro areas are. An inexpensive Sunshine State retirement still exists for people who embrace a more rural lifestyle.
MIAMI – If you’d like to live in Florida but the housing prices in some areas are way over your budget – we’re looking at you, Florida Keys – some of the lesser-known counties in the state may have what you’re looking for.
A study by SmartAsset ranked the wealth in Florida’s counties by compiling data from the Census Bureau, real estate site Zillow and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
While some areas have scary price tags, others have ones that are more within reach. The counties on this list, smaller and more rural than others in the state, all have median home values less than the state’s median home value of $326,286.
Here’s the list of counties with, according to SmartAsset, the least wealth:
Glades County
Median income: $38,088
Investment income: $20,804
Median home value: $235,335
Taylor County
Median income: $43,563
Investment income: $24,074
Median home value: $171,209
Hamilton County
Median income: $39,346
Investment income: $26,916
Median home value: $177,420
Holmes County
Median income: $41,809
Investment income: $18,255
Median home value: $161,515
Madison County
Median income: $39,503
Investment income: $24,856
Median home value: $169,071
Dixie County
Median income: $44,287
Investment income: $40,304
Median home value: $180,077
Calhoun County
Median income: $38,098
Investment income: $27,705
Median home value: $164,711
Hardee County
Median income: $41,395
Investment income: $29,886
Median home value: $201,299
Liberty County
Median income: $42,438
Investment income: $11,358
Median home value: $164,392
Jackson County
Median income: $43,416
Investment income: $24,477
Median home value: $173,204
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