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%

Stuart$2,160/mo

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

Mount Dora$2,330/mo

Typical home $388K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $1,722/mo · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Mount Dora 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

Mount Dora places higher on 12 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

BStuartBetter than 58% of districts in the state B−Mount DoraBetter than 53% of districts in the state

Health

B−StuartHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns B−Mount DoraHealthier than 52% of U.S. towns

8Stuart

12Mount Dora

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

Lowest obesityHealth · 633 towns #150#446 Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #172#424 Lowest property taxCost of living · 626 towns #234#469 Most trailsOutdoors · 430 towns #256#416 Best schoolsSchools · 488 towns #188#348 Fastest growingGrowth · 614 towns #256#78 Most remote workersWork · 598 towns #334#171 Highest incomeIncome · 635 towns #469#302

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

StuartMount Dora

Snow a year0″0″

January low56°F 46°F

July high91°F 90°F

Growing season (days)365d 327d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)89th 30th

Outdoors & history

StuartMount Dora

Trails4 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.9%4.8%

Settled—1883

National Register places4 5

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here24 2

Community

StuartMount Dora

Library hours a week55 hrs 56 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

140 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

StuartFL Mount DoraFL

Stuart ↔ Mount Dora140 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

StuartMount Dora

People

Population 18,520Highest 17,278Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11.7%Lowest FL: +14.6% +32.1%Highest FL: +14.6%

Median age 48.6±5Lowest 14% above FL 48.8±6.2Highest 15% above FL

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

Kids under 18 17.4%±2.9Highest FL: 19.5% 16.6%±3.4Lowest FL: 19.5%

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

Age 65+ 29.1%±3.1Lowest FL: 21.3% 33.5%±4.1Highest FL: 21.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.1%Lowest FL: 34.1% 38.6%Highest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±1.5Lowest FL: 6.1% 5.3%±1.6Highest FL: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,225±$8kLowest 19% below FL $74,537±$7kHighest about the FL average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $329,400±$33kLowest 8% below FL $381,900±$32kHighest 6% above FL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,586±$99Lowest 5% below FL $1,722±$163Highest 3% above FL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,063Lowest 24% below FL $3,491Highest 28% above FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 69.3%±10.1Highest FL: 60.1% 64%±10.4Lowest FL: 60.1%

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

Below poverty line 17.3%Highest FL: 12.6% 11.8%Lowest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.9%Lowest FL: 67.6% 61.7%Highest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 6 yrs older than FL 1993Highest 5 yrs newer than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 12% below FL 30 minHighest 6% above FL

Work from home 12.4%±3.4Lowest FL: 15.7% 18.6%±5.9Highest FL: 15.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.8%Highest 9.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 20.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 4.18Highest 1.04Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Port St. Lucie (5%)Tavares (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Mount DoraFew work in Stuart

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.9%Lowest 4.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.9 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 24Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 84.1Lowest 85.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #188 of 488 in FL #348 of 488 in FL

School district MARTINLAKE

High school in town Martin County High SchoolMT. Dora High School

Students per teacherat that high school 22.1Lowest 22.4Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Stuart vs Mount Dora

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Mount Dora

Mount Dora places higher on 12 of 22 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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