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%

Jensen Beach$2,440/mo

Typical home $416K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,267/mo · Housing →

Stuart$2,160/mo

Typical home $374K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $1,586/mo · Housing →

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Jensen Beach and Stuart.

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

Jensen Beach places higher on 12 of 21 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

BJensen BeachBetter than 58% of districts in the state BStuartBetter than 58% of districts in the state

Health

B+Jensen BeachHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns B−StuartHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns

12Jensen Beach

7Stuart

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 244 towns #30#227 Most conserved landOutdoors · 578 towns #83#300 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 633 towns #114#296 Lowest property taxCost of living · 626 towns #412#234 Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #344#172 Most remote workersWork · 598 towns #178#334 Best schoolsSchools · 488 towns #68#188 Cheapest rentCost of living · 626 towns #144#291

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

Where they are

Jensen Beach and Stuart share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Jensen BeachStuart

Jensen Beach ↔ Stuart3.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

1,122 Jensen Beach residents work in Stuart (21.5% of its workers)

182 Stuart residents work in Jensen Beach (2.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Jensen Beach →

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

Jensen BeachStuart

Snow a year0″0″

January low56°F 56°F

July high91°F 91°F

Growing season (days)365d 365d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)90th 89th

Outdoors & history

Jensen BeachStuart

Trails2 mi 4 mi

Conserved land12.6%2.9%

National Register places3 4

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here3 24

Community

Jensen BeachStuart

Library hours a week37 hrs 55 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.

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

Jensen BeachStuart

People

Population 12,531Lowest 18,520Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.1%Lowest FL: +14.6% +11.7%Highest FL: +14.6%

Median age 56.3±4.8Highest 32% above FL 48.6±5Lowest 14% above FL

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

Kids under 18 13.7%±3.5Lowest FL: 19.5% 17.4%±2.9Highest FL: 19.5%

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

Age 65+ 33.1%±2.3Highest FL: 21.3% 29.1%±3.1Lowest FL: 21.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36%Highest FL: 34.1% 35.1%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±2.1Highest FL: 6.1% 5.2%±1.5Lowest FL: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,884±$7kHighest 5% below FL $60,225±$8kLowest 19% below FL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $411,700±$28kHighest 15% above FL $329,400±$33kLowest 8% below FL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,267±$259Lowest 24% below FL $1,586±$99Highest 5% below FL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,092Highest 13% above FL $2,063Lowest 24% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51%±8.7Lowest FL: 60.1% 69.3%±10.1Highest FL: 60.1%

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

Below poverty line 16.7%Lowest FL: 12.6% 17.3%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77%Highest FL: 67.6% 58.9%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982 6 yrs older than FL 1982 6 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest about the FL average 25 minLowest 12% below FL

Work from home 18.2%±5.5Highest FL: 15.7% 12.4%±3.4Lowest FL: 15.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.9%Lowest 23.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.88Lowest 4.18Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Stuart (21%)Port St. Lucie (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 21% work in Stuart3% work in Jensen Beach

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.6%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.1 miLowest 3.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 24Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 69.8Lowest 84.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #68 of 488 in FL #188 of 488 in FL

School district MARTINMARTIN

High school in town None in townMartin County High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 22.1

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.

Jensen Beach vs Stuart

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Jensen Beach

Jensen Beach places higher on 12 of 21 FL lists

Jensen Beach and Stuart share a border

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