Florida Living Too Expensive? Not in These 10 Places

MIAMI – If you’d like to live in Florida but the housing prices in some areas are way over your budget – we’re looking at you, Florida Keys – some of the lesser-known counties in the state may have what you’re looking for.

A study by SmartAsset ranked the wealth in Florida’s counties by compiling data from the Census Bureau, real estate site Zillow and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

While some areas have scary price tags, others have ones that are more within reach. The counties on this list, smaller and more rural than others in the state, all have median home values less than the state’s median home value of $326,286.

Here’s the list of counties with, according to SmartAsset, the least wealth:

1. Glades County
   Median income: $38,088
   Investment income: $20,804
   Median home value: $235,335
    
2. Taylor County
   Median income: $43,563
   Investment income: $24,074
   Median home value: $171,209

3. Hamilton County
   Median income: $39,346
   Investment income: $26,916
   Median home value: $177,420

4. Holmes County
   Median income: $41,809
   Investment income: $18,255
   Median home value: $161,515

5. Madison County
   Median income: $39,503
   Investment income: $24,856
   Median home value: $169,071

6. Dixie County
   Median income: $44,287
   Investment income: $40,304
   Median home value: $180,077

7. Calhoun County
   Median income: $38,098
   Investment income: $27,705
   Median home value: $164,711

8. Hardee County
   Median income: $41,395
   Investment income: $29,886
   Median home value: $201,299

9. Liberty County
   Median income: $42,438
   Investment income: $11,358
   Median home value: $164,392

10. Jackson County
    Median income: $43,416
    Investment income: $24,477
    Median home value: $173,204

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