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Good Hope, CA vs Leisure City, FL

Good Hope

California

vs

Leisure City

Florida

Across 36 directional measures we can compare, Good Hope leads on 16 and Leisure City on 20. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 13% higher in Leisure City, while median household income is higher in Good Hope.

Median gross rent
$1,528$1,723
Good Hope is 11% lower
Median household income
$56,981$41,977
Good Hope is 36% higher
Median home value
$391,700$375,100
Good Hope is 4% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $38,000 a year left in Good Hope and $20,200 in Leisure City. Money goes further in Good Hope, by about $17,800 a year.
  • A household earning Good Hope's median of $56,981 would need about $61,000 in Leisure City to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 2.9 points a year in Good Hope, and rent outran pay by 5.9 points a year in Leisure City.

How these are calculated

FloridaCaliforniaLeisure City, FLGood Hope, CAGood HopeLeisure CityGood HopeLeisure City

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Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Leisure City, FLComposite 15.2 / 100
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1312n/a826n/a
02Good Hope, CAComposite 7.6 / 100
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6131n/a59n/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.

MeasureGood HopeLeisure CityAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,528$1,723
Rent to income132.2%49.3%
Property tax rate10.5%0.7%
Home price to income16.9x8.9x
Prices vs US average2106.4114.2
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,103$2,564
HUD area median income4$106,500$89,800
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$1,926$2,751
Median home value1$391,700$375,100
Home prices, 1-year change51.3%2.8%
Home prices, 5-year change554.3%79.5%
Homeownership155.9%43.6%
Renters paying 30%+163.3%68.2%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,807$1,928
Vacant homes19.0%4.5%
Median year built119831981
Jobs and income
Median household income1$56,981$41,977
Income per person1$20,329$19,838
Unemployment19.1%4.5%
Average annual pay6$61,100$81,818
Pay growth, 1 year62.3%5.4%
Jobs6846,0701,276,535
Poverty rate127.4%24.5%
Mean commute136 min34 min
Works from home17.5%9.7%
Commutes by transit10.7%1.9%
People
Population18,81627,808
Median age131.931.6
Bachelor's or higher16.1%10.2%
High school or higher165.6%65.8%
Household size14.03.4
Born abroad133.0%47.4%
No health insurance113.0%20.6%
Homes with broadband186.2%90.9%
Moving
Moved here in the past year14.7%1.1%
Moved from another state10.8%0.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people73.7-18.7
Income of households moving in7$76,417$127,200
Income of households moving out7$71,222$78,108
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k817.422.2
Shops per 10k822.739.5
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k83.35.9
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k817.433.8
Child care centers per 10k81.42.8
Parks per 10k92.33.2
Playgrounds per 10k90.01.4
Grocery stores per 10k90.00.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.00.4
Libraries per 10k90.00.7
Named paths and bike trails90.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi90.114.7
Nearest National Park Service site1075.915.9
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1003
National Register listings11104194
Schools
Public schools12533530
Public school students12424,406335,631
Students per teacher1223.019.4
Climate
July average high13101°F91°F
January average low1342°F58°F
Average temperature1369°F76°F
Annual precipitation138.0 in57.5 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1499.999.6
Hurricane risk1412.0100.0
Tornado risk1486.798.7
Wildfire risk14100.096.8
Heat wave risk1498.599.3
Median air quality index158047
Good air days1510.7%56.4%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Good Hope $61,120, Leisure City $68,920 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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