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Doctor Phillips, FL vs Westhaven-Moonstone, CA

Doctor Phillips

Florida

vs

Westhaven-Moonstone

California

Across 32 directional measures we can compare, Doctor Phillips leads on 17 and Westhaven-Moonstone on 15. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 4% higher in Westhaven-Moonstone, while median household income is higher in Doctor Phillips.

Median gross rent
$2,393$2,500
Doctor Phillips is 4% lower
Median household income
$103,950$66,815
Doctor Phillips is 56% higher
Median home value
$529,900$598,100
Doctor Phillips is 11% lower

The Citytistics read

  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 4.1 points a year in Doctor Phillips, and rent outran pay by 17.6 points a year in Westhaven-Moonstone.

How these are calculated

FloridaCaliforniaWesthaven-Moonstone, CADoctor Phillips, FLDoctor PhillipsWesthaven-MoonstoneDoctor PhillipsWesthaven-Moonstone

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#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Doctor Phillips, FLComposite 43.2 / 100
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173884n/a5550n/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.

MeasureDoctor PhillipsWesthaven-MoonstoneAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,393$2,500
Rent to income127.6%44.9%
Property tax rate10.9%0.5%
Home price to income15.1x8.9x
Prices vs US average2101.4n/a
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,959$1,554
HUD area median income4$97,600$85,700
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$4,918$2,721
Median home value1$529,900$598,100
Home prices, 1-year change50.8%-0.2%
Home prices, 5-year change556.3%34.4%
Homeownership167.1%65.7%
Renters paying 30%+151.0%80.4%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,789$3,293
Vacant homes115.3%13.8%
Median year built119971981
Jobs and income
Median household income1$103,950$66,815
Income per person1$65,982$41,279
Unemployment110.3%9.0%
Average annual pay6$70,599$57,492
Pay growth, 1 year64.1%4.1%
Jobs6954,33052,251
Poverty rate112.0%15.7%
Mean commute124 min25 min
Works from home118.7%13.0%
Commutes by transit10.0%0.0%
People
Population112,9841,537
Median age145.344.9
Bachelor's or higher154.8%55.1%
High school or higher195.0%96.6%
Household size12.42.4
Born abroad130.3%6.2%
No health insurance17.4%4.9%
Homes with broadband197.3%93.0%
Moving
Moved here in the past year16.2%6.6%
Moved from another state13.7%0.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people7-7.9-8.4
Income of households moving in7$66,457$53,320
Income of households moving out7$61,323$51,183
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k824.425.0
Shops per 10k835.139.0
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k86.94.8
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k823.916.4
Child care centers per 10k82.43.9
Parks per 10k91.539.0
Playgrounds per 10k90.00.0
Grocery stores per 10k93.90.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k934.726.0
Libraries per 10k90.80.0
Named paths and bike trails90.01.9
Transit stops per sq mi94.70.0
Nearest National Park Service site1048.7n/a
National Park Service sites within 60 miles101n/a
National Register listings115859
Schools
Public schools1227889
Public school students12216,34317,175
Students per teacher1218.318.7
Climate
July average high1392°F81°F
January average low1349°F38°F
Average temperature1373°F54°F
Annual precipitation1351.1 in61.7 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1498.496.8
Hurricane risk1498.0n/a
Tornado risk1499.17.9
Wildfire risk1497.495.5
Heat wave risk1494.147.3
Median air quality index154338
Good air days1572.9%78.1%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Doctor Phillips $95,720, Westhaven-Moonstone $100,000 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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