Orange Park, FL

The affordability dashboard for Orange Park, FL aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 2 ZIP codes covering 71,690 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of C+ (60/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $86,054, median home value of $292,994, median rent of $1,596 per month, and 25.8% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $1,658 per month (studio $1,355, 1BR $1,382, 3BR $2,043, 4BR $2,561). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $10,400 per year, consuming 12% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Pressure points are commute. Unemployment currently reads 4.0% and poverty 10.4% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.