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Pahokee, FL vs Ramona, CA

Pahokee

Florida

vs

Ramona

California

Across 38 directional measures we can compare, Pahokee leads on 18 and Ramona on 20. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 64% higher in Ramona, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,116$1,830
Pahokee is 39% lower
Median household income
$53,359$107,427
Pahokee is 50% lower
Median home value
$152,300$766,400
Pahokee is 80% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $37,800 a year left in Pahokee and $87,100 in Ramona. Money goes further in Ramona, by about $49,300 a year.
  • A household earning Pahokee's median of $53,359 would need about $59,000 in Ramona to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent and pay rose at about the same pace in Pahokee, and pay outran rent by 0.6 points a year in Ramona.

How these are calculated

FloridaCaliforniaRamona, CAPahokee, FLPahokeeRamonaPahokeeRamona

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Your weights

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

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Ramona, CAComposite 41.2 / 100
27
297235n/a644n/a
02Pahokee, FLComposite 36.5 / 100
17
5027820723095

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.

MeasurePahokeeRamonaAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,116$1,830
Rent to income125.1%20.4%
Property tax rate10.5%0.7%
Home price to income12.9x7.1x
Prices vs US average2114.2111.9
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$2,349$2,823
HUD area median income4$107,600$130,900
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$720$5,064
Median home value1$152,300$766,400
Home prices, 1-year change51.2%0.7%
Home prices, 5-year change570.8%53.6%
Homeownership162.9%70.5%
Renters paying 30%+178.9%57.7%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,397$3,128
Vacant homes113.0%3.5%
Median year built119701983
Jobs and income
Median household income1$53,359$107,427
Income per person1$20,430$43,804
Unemployment15.5%4.1%
Average annual pay6$82,085$85,402
Pay growth, 1 year66.3%3.1%
Jobs6670,7981,535,067
Poverty rate132.1%6.2%
Mean commute122 min35 min
Works from home115.3%11.9%
Commutes by transit11.5%1.9%
People
Population15,60922,634
Population change since 202074.9%n/a
Median age140.539.2
Bachelor's or higher114.4%25.4%
High school or higher166.0%83.8%
Household size13.33.1
Born abroad124.1%14.3%
No health insurance114.9%6.5%
Homes with broadband182.0%94.5%
Moving
Moved here in the past year15.7%1.5%
Moved from another state10.0%2.2%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-1.1-6.5
Income of households moving in8$177,212$89,591
Income of households moving out8$98,618$86,167
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k920.823.6
Shops per 10k937.028.0
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k96.85.1
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k937.826.6
Child care centers per 10k91.92.7
Parks per 10k101.81.8
Playgrounds per 10k103.65.3
Grocery stores per 10k103.61.8
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.010.2
Libraries per 10k103.61.3
Named paths and bike trails100.02.7
Transit stops per sq mi100.00.6
Nearest National Park Service site1164.233.3
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1101
National Register listings1215
Founded or incorporated131922n/a
Safety
Violent crime per 100k14694n/a
Property crime per 100k141,624n/a
Schools
Public schools15411
Public school students151,5834,945
Students per teacher1515.522.1
Climate
July average high1691°F91°F
January average low1655°F41°F
Average temperature1675°F63°F
Annual precipitation1657.2 in13.0 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1799.299.7
Hurricane risk1799.98.3
Tornado risk1793.864.4
Wildfire risk1795.3100.0
Heat wave risk1798.298.8
Median air quality index183967
Good air days1876.4%17.5%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Pahokee $44,640, Ramona $73,200 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. Wikidata · Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) · Retrieved 2026-11
  14. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  15. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  16. 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
  17. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  18. 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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