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%

Hialeah$2,530/mo

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

Clearwater$2,010/mo

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

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

Health

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

7Hialeah

15Clearwater

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

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

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

HialeahClearwater

Snow a year0″0″

January low59°F 51°F

July high90°F 91°F

Growing season (days)365d 354d

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

Outdoors & history

HialeahClearwater

Trails2 mi 25 mi

Conserved land1.6%4.8%

Settled—1891

National Register places2 8

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here43 —

Community

HialeahClearwater

Library hours a week43 hrs 58 hrs

Colleges in town2 1

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.

HialeahFL ClearwaterFL

Hialeah ↔ Clearwater211 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

HialeahClearwater

People

Population 226,165Highest 117,247Lowest

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

Median age 45.8±0.6Lowest 8% above FL 46.6±1.2Highest 9% 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 16.8%±0.7Lowest FL: 19.5% 16.9%±1.2Highest 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+ 20.3%±0.8Lowest FL: 21.3% 24.1%±1.1Highest FL: 21.3%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±0.5Highest FL: 6.1% 4.5%±0.6Lowest 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 $55,594±$2kLowest 25% below FL $66,381±$2kHighest 11% below FL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,689±$24Highest about the FL average $1,658±$49Lowest 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 $2,228Lowest 18% below FL $2,625Highest 4% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64%±3.4Highest FL: 60.1% 62.9%±3.3Lowest 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 17%Highest FL: 12.6% 14.8%Lowest FL: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 15.4%Lowest 20.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ClearwaterFew work in Hialeah

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 4.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miLowest 25.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 22Lowest 53Highest

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

Schools

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

School district MIAMI-DADEPINELLAS

High school in town Hialeah Senior High SchoolClearwater High School

Students per teacherat that high school 19.0Lowest 21.4Highest

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.

Hialeah vs Clearwater

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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