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Leisure Village, NJ vs West Lealman, FL

Leisure Village

New Jersey

vs

West Lealman

Florida

Across 36 directional measures we can compare, Leisure Village leads on 14 and West Lealman on 22. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 31% higher in Leisure Village, while median household income is higher in West Lealman.

Median gross rent
$1,700$1,302
Leisure Village is 31% higher
Median household income
$44,542$51,589
Leisure Village is 14% lower
Median home value
$145,800$169,100
Leisure Village is 14% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $23,000 a year left in Leisure Village and $37,500 in West Lealman. Money goes further in West Lealman, by about $14,600 a year.
  • A household earning Leisure Village's median of $44,542 would need about $37,500 in West Lealman to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 5.7 points a year in Leisure Village, and rent outran pay by 1.7 points a year in West Lealman.

How these are calculated

FloridaNew JerseyWest Lealman, FLLeisure Village, NJLeisure VillageWest LealmanLeisure VillageWest Lealman

Which fits you?

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Your weights

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

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01West Lealman, FLComposite 29.8 / 100
7
352822n/a2931n/a
02Leisure Village, NJComposite 22.6 / 100
2
332237n/a136n/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.

MeasureLeisure VillageWest LealmanAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,700$1,302
Rent to income145.8%30.3%
Property tax rate11.3%0.7%
Home price to income13.3x3.3x
Prices vs US average2112.6100.9
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,283$1,917
HUD area median income4$140,600$104,700
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$1,857$1,226
Median home value1$145,800$169,100
Home prices, 1-year change56.0%-2.0%
Home prices, 5-year change573.4%62.3%
Homeownership165.4%76.4%
Renters paying 30%+180.2%50.9%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,275$1,653
Vacant homes119.0%21.3%
Median year built119681973
Jobs and income
Median household income1$44,542$51,589
Income per person1$25,210$34,278
Unemployment15.5%5.3%
Average annual pay6$58,848$70,854
Pay growth, 1 year62.4%4.9%
Jobs6192,715441,425
Poverty rate142.2%17.6%
Mean commute132 min29 min
Works from home112.5%11.4%
Commutes by transit10.0%1.3%
People
Population15,75114,944
Median age157.657.1
Bachelor's or higher126.1%20.8%
High school or higher190.1%87.0%
Household size12.22.1
Born abroad119.7%15.3%
No health insurance14.1%17.9%
Homes with broadband178.3%84.7%
Moving
Moved here in the past year13.6%6.3%
Moved from another state11.2%2.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people71.9-1.6
Income of households moving in7$99,173$95,596
Income of households moving out7$87,578$74,796
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k819.324.3
Shops per 10k831.439.2
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k84.46.5
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k822.233.4
Child care centers per 10k82.02.1
Parks per 10k90.01.3
Playgrounds per 10k90.02.7
Grocery stores per 10k90.00.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k97.010.0
Libraries per 10k90.00.0
Named paths and bike trails90.00.6
Transit stops per sq mi90.027.6
Nearest National Park Service site1030.021.2
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10211
National Register listings113778
Schools
Public schools12115153
Public school students1265,53687,876
Students per teacher1211.816.1
Climate
July average high1386°F90°F
January average low1325°F52°F
Average temperature1354°F73°F
Annual precipitation1347.3 in52.6 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1496.298.2
Hurricane risk1493.298.9
Tornado risk1447.299.0
Wildfire risk1495.281.1
Heat wave risk1495.795.5
Median air quality index153944
Good air days1578.8%69.6%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Leisure Village $68,000, West Lealman $52,080 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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