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Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ vs Lady Lake, FL

Holiday City-Berkeley

New Jersey

vs

Lady Lake

Florida

Across 37 directional measures we can compare, Holiday City-Berkeley leads on 15 and Lady Lake on 22. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 18% higher in Holiday City-Berkeley, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,640$1,387
Holiday City-Berkeley is 18% higher
Median household income
$50,156$46,074
Holiday City-Berkeley is 9% higher
Median home value
$266,200$227,300
Holiday City-Berkeley is 17% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $29,000 a year left in Holiday City-Berkeley and $30,400 in Lady Lake. Money goes further in Lady Lake, by about $1,400 a year.
  • A household earning Holiday City-Berkeley's median of $50,156 would need about $44,500 in Lady Lake to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay outran rent by 0.9 points a year in Holiday City-Berkeley, and rent outran pay by 4.4 points a year in Lady Lake.

How these are calculated

FloridaNew JerseyLady Lake, FLHoliday City-Berkeley, NJHoliday City-BerkeleyLady LakeHoliday City-BerkeleyLady Lake

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Your weights

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

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Lady Lake, FLComposite 34.2 / 100Low crime coverage
13
14102761892442
02Holiday City-Berkeley, NJComposite 12.3 / 100
0
111613n/a1011n/a

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

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.

MeasureHoliday City-BerkeleyLady LakeAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,640$1,387
Rent to income139.2%36.1%
Property tax rate11.2%1.0%
Home price to income15.3x4.9x
Prices vs US average2112.6101.4
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,283$1,959
HUD area median income4$140,600$97,600
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$3,148$2,373
Median home value1$266,200$227,300
Home prices, 1-year change56.0%2.2%
Home prices, 5-year change573.4%61.4%
Homeownership191.0%73.5%
Renters paying 30%+180.2%66.0%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,374$1,196
Vacant homes17.0%16.6%
Median year built119781994
Jobs and income
Median household income1$50,156$46,074
Income per person1$40,364$34,301
Unemployment16.8%7.6%
Average annual pay6$58,848$54,092
Pay growth, 1 year62.4%1.9%
Jobs6192,715118,622
Poverty rate19.6%12.3%
Mean commute133 min18 min
Works from home112.8%6.3%
Commutes by transit10.0%0.0%
People
Population112,99516,675
Population change since 20207n/a9.3%
Median age170.566.9
Bachelor's or higher116.6%22.3%
High school or higher188.1%93.7%
Household size11.51.8
Born abroad19.5%4.6%
No health insurance13.8%9.4%
Homes with broadband180.9%91.7%
Moving
Moved here in the past year15.2%9.5%
Moved from another state11.5%4.8%
Net movers per 1,000 people81.939.9
Income of households moving in8$99,173$80,711
Income of households moving out8$87,578$59,346
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k919.315.6
Shops per 10k931.427.5
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k94.44.1
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k922.221.3
Child care centers per 10k92.01.2
Parks per 10k101.57.2
Playgrounds per 10k100.01.2
Grocery stores per 10k100.03.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.80.0
Libraries per 10k100.00.6
Named paths and bike trails102.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi100.00.0
Nearest National Park Service site1136.768.9
National Park Service sites within 60 miles11190
National Register listings123731
Safety
Violent crime per 100k13n/a144
Schools
Public schools141151
Public school students1465,536740
Students per teacher1411.815.4
Climate
July average high1586°F92°F
January average low1525°F47°F
Average temperature1554°F72°F
Annual precipitation1547.3 in50.8 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1696.291.9
Hurricane risk1693.295.0
Tornado risk1647.297.4
Wildfire risk1695.296.0
Heat wave risk1695.779.8
Median air quality index173935
Good air days1778.8%95.0%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Holiday City-Berkeley $65,600, Lady Lake $55,480 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. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. 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.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  14. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  15. 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
  16. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  17. 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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