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Green Village, NJ vs Miramar Beach, FL

Green Village

New Jersey

vs

Miramar Beach

Florida

Across 34 directional measures we can compare, Green Village leads on 11 and Miramar Beach on 23. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 24% higher in Green Village, while median household income is higher in Miramar Beach.

Median gross rent
$2,782$2,250
Green Village is 24% higher
Median household income
$88,977$103,250
Green Village is 14% lower
Median home value
$823,900$733,000
Green Village is 12% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $52,900 a year left in Green Village and $78,200 in Miramar Beach. Money goes further in Miramar Beach, by about $25,400 a year.
  • A household earning Green Village's median of $88,977 would need about $78,500 in Miramar Beach to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2020 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 16.1 points a year in Green Village, and rent outran pay by 5.1 points a year in Miramar Beach.

How these are calculated

FloridaNew JerseyMiramar Beach, FLGreen Village, NJGreen VillageMiramar BeachGreen VillageMiramar Beach

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01Miramar Beach, FLComposite 50.2 / 100
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116182n/a6458n/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.

MeasureGreen VillageMiramar BeachAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,782$2,250
Rent to income137.5%26.2%
Property tax rate11.2%0.5%
Home price to income19.3x7.1x
Prices vs US average2112.697.0
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,233$1,474
HUD area median income4$138,400$97,600
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$9,694$3,273
Median home value1$823,900$733,000
Home prices, 1-year change55.9%2.7%
Home prices, 5-year change552.9%60.4%
Homeownership149.7%81.9%
Renters paying 30%+178.6%81.4%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,816$2,766
Vacant homes13.1%72.2%
Median year built119731997
Jobs and income
Median household income1$88,977$103,250
Income per person1$64,349$84,171
Unemployment15.2%4.8%
Average annual pay6$104,045$59,289
Pay growth, 1 year62.8%5.6%
Jobs6301,37635,416
Poverty rate14.9%4.5%
Mean commute123 min23 min
Works from home121.8%24.5%
Commutes by transit10.0%0.0%
People
Population11,1308,902
Median age156.359.5
Bachelor's or higher160.1%52.5%
High school or higher197.3%99.2%
Household size12.02.0
Born abroad125.1%8.7%
No health insurance14.7%10.4%
Homes with broadband187.8%93.0%
Moving
Moved here in the past year10.0%14.3%
Moved from another state10.0%11.5%
Net movers per 1,000 people7-1.737.2
Income of households moving in7$134,692$178,385
Income of households moving out7$132,441$115,245
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k826.235.8
Shops per 10k831.760.0
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k86.05.4
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k826.718.7
Child care centers per 10k83.01.3
Parks per 10k917.79.0
Playgrounds per 10k90.06.7
Grocery stores per 10k98.83.4
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k944.339.3
Libraries per 10k90.00.0
Named paths and bike trails92.77.7
Transit stops per sq mi90.00.1
Nearest National Park Service site10n/a37.2
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10n/a1
National Register listings111618
Schools
Public schools1215422
Public school students1272,23912,007
Students per teacher1210.715.6
Climate
July average high1384°F91°F
January average low1320°F40°F
Average temperature1351°F67°F
Annual precipitation1350.0 in62.0 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1492.988.6
Hurricane risk1485.297.4
Tornado risk1479.985.6
Wildfire risk1430.075.7
Heat wave risk1489.269.4
Median air quality index153936
Good air days1584.4%93.9%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Green Village $111,280, Miramar Beach $90,000 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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