A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Clearwater$2,010/mo

Typical home $343K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $1,658/mo · Housing →

Hialeah$2,530/mo

Typical home $443K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $1,689/mo · Housing →

The difference: $530 a month, about $6,300 a year, between Hialeah and Clearwater.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Clearwater places higher on 15 of 22 FL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Florida ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

BClearwaterBetter than 64% of districts in the state B−HialeahBetter than 49% of districts in the state

Health

B−ClearwaterHealthier than 47% of U.S. towns C+HialeahHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

15Clearwater

7Hialeah

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 633 towns #481#7 Most trailsOutdoors · 430 towns #171#426 Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #93#399 Most activeHealth · 633 towns #318#615 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 633 towns #350#622 Fastest growingGrowth · 614 towns #337#531 Most conserved landOutdoors · 578 towns #209#377 Most remote workersWork · 598 towns #132#300

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Clearwater’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ClearwaterHialeah

Snow a year0″0″

January low51°F 59°F

July high91°F 90°F

Growing season (days)354d 365d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st 69th

Outdoors & history

ClearwaterHialeah

Trails25 mi 2 mi

Conserved land4.8%1.6%

Settled1891 —

National Register places8 2

Archive photos—18

Famous people born here—43

Community

ClearwaterHialeah

Library hours a week58 hrs 43 hrs

Colleges in town1 2

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

211 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ClearwaterFL HialeahFL

Clearwater ↔ Hialeah211 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Florida average

ClearwaterHialeah

People

Population 117,247Lowest 226,165Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.9%Highest FL: +14.6% -0.7%Lowest FL: +14.6%

Median age 46.6±1.2Highest 9% above FL 45.8±0.6Lowest 8% above FL

Clearwater and Hialeah are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 16.9%±1.2Highest FL: 19.5% 16.8%±0.7Lowest FL: 19.5%

Clearwater and Hialeah are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 24.1%±1.1Highest FL: 21.3% 20.3%±0.8Lowest FL: 21.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 32.6%Highest FL: 34.1% 22.1%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±0.6Lowest FL: 6.1% 5.6%±0.5Highest FL: 6.1%

Hialeah and Clearwater are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,381±$2kHighest 11% below FL $55,594±$2kLowest 25% below FL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $361,300±$11kLowest about the FL average $392,000±$11kHighest 9% above FL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,658±$49Lowest about the FL average $1,689±$24Highest about the FL average

Hialeah and Clearwater are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,625Highest 4% below FL $2,228Lowest 18% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.9%±3.3Lowest FL: 60.1% 64%±3.4Highest FL: 60.1%

Hialeah and Clearwater are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 14.8%Lowest FL: 12.6% 17%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.6%Highest FL: 67.6% 46.6%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Highest 10 yrs older than FL 1975Lowest 13 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 19% below FL 29 minHighest 4% above FL

Work from home 20.7%±1.8Highest FL: 15.7% 13.4%±1.1Lowest FL: 15.7%

Work in townworking residents 20.2%Highest 15.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.32Highest 0.67Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Largo (10%)Miami (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HialeahFew work in Clearwater

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.8%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 25.0 miHighest 1.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 53Highest 22Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 102Lowest 154Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #278 of 488 in FL #302 of 488 in FL

School district PINELLASMIAMI-DADE

High school in town Clearwater High SchoolHialeah Senior High School

Students per teacherat that high school 21.4Highest 19.0Lowest

Florida average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Clearwater vs Hialeah

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $530 more a month in Hialeah

Clearwater places higher on 15 of 22 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

211 miles apart

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