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Seffner, FL vs Woodlawn, VA

Seffner

Florida

vs

Woodlawn

Virginia

Across 36 directional measures we can compare, Seffner leads on 21 and Woodlawn on 15. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 1% higher in Woodlawn, while median household income is higher in Seffner.

Median gross rent
$1,818$1,828
Seffner is 1% lower
Median household income
$93,333$91,884
Seffner is 2% higher
Median home value
$344,100$367,200
Seffner is 6% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $74,700 a year left in Seffner and $69,800 in Woodlawn. Money goes further in Seffner, by about $4,900 a year.
  • A household earning Seffner's median of $93,333 would need about $97,000 in Woodlawn to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 0.9 points a year in Seffner, and pay outran rent by 1.7 points a year in Woodlawn.

How these are calculated

FloridaVirginiaWoodlawn, VASeffner, FLSeffnerWoodlawnSeffnerWoodlawn

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
01Seffner, FLComposite 49.7 / 100
50
416750n/a5039n/a
02Woodlawn, VAComposite 36.3 / 100
16
354852n/a1327n/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.

MeasureSeffnerWoodlawnAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,818$1,828
Rent to income123.4%23.9%
Property tax rate10.8%1.1%
Home price to income13.7x4.0x
Prices vs US average2100.9108.9
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,917$2,438
HUD area median income4$104,700n/a
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$2,621$3,962
Median home value1$344,100$367,200
Home prices, 1-year change51.7%2.1%
Home prices, 5-year change563.3%35.3%
Homeownership183.5%58.7%
Renters paying 30%+145.1%67.3%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,768$2,160
Vacant homes17.5%4.7%
Median year built119891975
Jobs and income
Median household income1$93,333$91,884
Income per person1$45,078$41,186
Unemployment14.0%5.7%
Average annual pay6$77,998$115,004
Pay growth, 1 year63.6%0.8%
Jobs6795,729634,638
Poverty rate111.7%10.6%
Mean commute125 min32 min
Works from home118.1%12.5%
Commutes by transit10.8%8.5%
People
Population18,88521,194
Median age138.837.1
Bachelor's or higher132.3%32.8%
High school or higher192.8%80.3%
Household size12.92.8
Born abroad111.3%42.5%
No health insurance18.1%14.8%
Homes with broadband190.4%91.6%
Moving
Moved here in the past year12.0%4.9%
Moved from another state13.2%1.4%
Net movers per 1,000 people7-1.0-9.1
Income of households moving in7$77,979$105,657
Income of households moving out7$72,366$112,552
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k818.021.4
Shops per 10k831.221.4
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k84.54.1
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k826.526.6
Child care centers per 10k82.43.2
Parks per 10k96.85.7
Playgrounds per 10k92.34.3
Grocery stores per 10k94.51.9
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k96.83.3
Libraries per 10k92.30.0
Named paths and bike trails90.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi90.02.6
Nearest National Park Service site1039.94.0
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10140
National Register listings1110166
Schools
Public schools1211222
Public school students126,489174,475
Students per teacher1219.813.8
Climate
July average high1391°F88°F
January average low1350°F26°F
Average temperature1373°F56°F
Annual precipitation1353.6 in43.2 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1498.894.7
Hurricane risk1499.393.0
Tornado risk1499.754.5
Wildfire risk1495.734.0
Heat wave risk1497.097.1
Median air quality index154942
Good air days1553.2%77.8%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Seffner $72,720, Woodlawn $73,120 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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