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%

Haverhill$2,980/mo

Typical home $504K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $1,734/mo · Housing →

Williston$1,680/mo

Typical home $291K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $969/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,300 a month, about $15,500 a year, between Haverhill and Williston.

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

Haverhill places higher on 11 of 19 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

–HaverhillNot graded CWillistonBetter than 30% of districts in the state

Health

CHaverhillHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns DWillistonHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

11Haverhill

8Williston

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 626 towns #367#38 Lowest property taxCost of living · 626 towns #460#145 Most affordableCost of living · 630 towns #444#156 Most walkableOutdoors · 635 towns #207#488 Lowest depressionHealth · 633 towns #103#380 Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #347#104 Lowest obesityHealth · 633 towns #244#480 Most conserved landOutdoors · 578 towns #182#395

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Haverhill’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

HaverhillWilliston

Snow a year0″0″

January low56°F 43°F

July high90°F 91°F

Growing season (days)365d 277d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 55th

Outdoors & history

HaverhillWilliston

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5.7%1.5%

Settled—1853

National Register places—1

Archive photos—6

Community

HaverhillWilliston

Library hours a week—37 hrs

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

234 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HaverhillFL WillistonFL

Haverhill ↔ Williston234 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

HaverhillWilliston

People

Population 2,823Lowest 3,154Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +16.8%Highest FL: +14.6% +7.5%Lowest FL: +14.6%

Median age 39.4±5.2Lowest 8% below FL 41.4±4.2Highest about the FL average

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

Kids under 18 25.6%±1.2Highest FL: 19.5% 20.1%±4.9Lowest FL: 19.5%

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

Age 65+ 11.9%±2.1Lowest FL: 21.3% 20.9%±4.6Highest FL: 21.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.9%Highest FL: 34.1% 21.7%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±2.1Highest FL: 6.1% 3.9%±2.8Lowest FL: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $79,787±$14kHighest 7% above FL $61,111±$5kLowest 18% below FL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $424,500±$26kHighest 18% above FL $252,700±$36kLowest 30% below FL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,734±$409Highest 4% above FL $969±$72Lowest 42% below FL

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,403Highest 25% above FL $1,655Lowest 39% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.8%±24.4Highest FL: 60.1% 57.2%±18.5Lowest FL: 60.1%

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

Below poverty line 8.6%Lowest FL: 12.6% 15.8%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.5%Highest FL: 67.6% 72%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Lowest 4 yrs older than FL 1989Highest 1 yr newer than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest about the FL average 23 minLowest 18% below FL

Work from home 5.2%±4.7Lowest FL: 15.7% 12.3%±6Highest FL: 15.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 15.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 19.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 1.86Highest

Top workplaceoutside town West Palm Beach (19%)Gainesville (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WillistonFew work in Haverhill

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.7%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.1 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 99.7Highest 42.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#300 of 488 in FL

School district —LEVY

High school in town —Williston Middle High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 21.4

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.

Haverhill vs Williston

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,300 more a month in Haverhill

Haverhill places higher on 11 of 19 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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