#1Chattahoochee
Gadsden County · 3,011 peopleCost of living grade, homes cost 1.8 years of area income·Overall D− · #595 of 634 in FL
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Chattahoochee, #1 on this list · Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Chattahoochee ranks first on cost of living among Florida’s 637 towns of 2,500+; 27 of the 637 grade A− or better on cost of living nationally.
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). How grades work
#1Cost of living grade, homes cost 1.8 years of area income·Overall D− · #595 of 634 in FL
#2Cost of living grade, better than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #187 of 634 in FL
Cost of living grade, homes cost 2.4 years of area income·Overall C+ · #289 of 634 in FL
Cost of living grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank; the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
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Towns of 2,500+ that don’t have the figures this grade needs. Each town’s page says which ones are missing.
Chattahoochee (Gadsden County) ranks first on cost of living among 637 towns, with an A+; Moon Lake and East Bronson follow.
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a cost of living grade (637 in Florida). 1 town of 2,500+ lack the figures and is listed above. Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Florida page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.