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Brittany Farms-The Highlands, PA vs Lakeland Highlands, FL

Brittany Farms-The Highlands

Pennsylvania

vs

Lakeland Highlands

Florida

Across 34 directional measures we can compare, Brittany Farms-The Highlands leads on 15 and Lakeland Highlands on 19. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 9% higher in Brittany Farms-The Highlands, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,852$1,704
Brittany Farms-The Highlands is 9% higher
Median household income
$111,875$108,263
Brittany Farms-The Highlands is 3% higher
Median home value
$396,100$385,000
Brittany Farms-The Highlands is 3% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $89,300 a year left in Brittany Farms-The Highlands and $90,200 in Lakeland Highlands. Money goes further in Lakeland Highlands, by about $900 a year.
  • A household earning Brittany Farms-The Highlands's median of $111,875 would need about $107,500 in Lakeland Highlands to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 2.5 points a year in Brittany Farms-The Highlands, and pay outran rent by 1.4 points a year in Lakeland Highlands.

How these are calculated

FloridaPennsylvaniaLakeland Highlands, FLBrittany Farms-The Highlands, PABrittany Farms-The HighlandsLakeland HighlandsBrittany Farms-The HighlandsLakeland Highlands

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#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Lakeland Highlands, FLComposite 58.4 / 100
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608372n/a5418n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureBrittany Farms-The HighlandsLakeland HighlandsAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,852$1,704
Rent to income119.9%18.9%
Property tax rate11.1%0.7%
Home price to income13.5x3.6x
Prices vs US average2102.597.1
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,860$1,608
HUD area median income4$122,700$83,900
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$4,311$2,748
Median home value1$396,100$385,000
Home prices, 1-year change55.0%-1.2%
Home prices, 5-year change551.4%58.3%
Homeownership171.1%84.0%
Renters paying 30%+144.0%30.9%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,179$2,143
Vacant homes13.1%4.3%
Median year built119821986
Jobs and income
Median household income1$111,875$108,263
Income per person1$53,629$56,299
Unemployment14.4%2.9%
Average annual pay6$66,469$57,763
Pay growth, 1 year62.3%3.7%
Jobs6276,735264,981
Poverty rate16.1%2.7%
Mean commute124 min24 min
Works from home116.5%15.2%
Commutes by transit11.9%0.0%
People
Population14,57112,102
Median age144.945.3
Bachelor's or higher146.7%44.6%
High school or higher196.0%96.2%
Household size12.52.7
Born abroad110.4%8.9%
No health insurance13.9%5.4%
Homes with broadband195.1%96.6%
Moving
Moved here in the past year14.3%5.3%
Moved from another state11.6%1.7%
Net movers per 1,000 people70.129.9
Income of households moving in7$98,250$56,322
Income of households moving out7$92,877$53,034
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k822.112.6
Shops per 10k833.724.2
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k84.72.1
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k823.912.4
Child care centers per 10k82.81.8
Parks per 10k913.11.6
Playgrounds per 10k921.90.0
Grocery stores per 10k94.40.8
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.01.6
Libraries per 10k90.00.0
Named paths and bike trails90.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi90.01.9
Nearest National Park Service site10n/a52.0
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10n/a1
National Register listings1116877
Schools
Public schools12122166
Public school students1281,956116,892
Students per teacher1213.419.4
Climate
July average high1386°F92°F
January average low1322°F49°F
Average temperature1353°F73°F
Annual precipitation1348.4 in52.6 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1494.896.5
Hurricane risk1488.498.5
Tornado risk1492.193.9
Wildfire risk1455.597.0
Heat wave risk1495.193.6
Median air quality index153634
Good air days1586.2%95.5%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Brittany Farms-The Highlands $74,080, Lakeland Highlands $68,160 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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