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%

Williston$1,680/mo

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

Astatula$2,180/mo

Typical home $374K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $1,147/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Astatula 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

Williston places higher on 10 of 18 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

CWillistonBetter than 30% of districts in the state B−AstatulaBetter than 53% of districts in the state

Health

DWillistonHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns C−AstatulaHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns

10Williston

6Astatula

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #104#500 Most conserved landOutdoors · 578 towns #395#101 Highest incomeIncome · 635 towns #462#327 Most educatedPeople · 635 towns #442#554 Most new homesHousing · 250 towns #87#45 Fastest growingGrowth · 614 towns #368#444 Most activeHealth · 633 towns #544#480 Fewest smokersHealth · 633 towns #572#512

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

WillistonAstatula

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 46°F

July high91°F 90°F

Growing season (days)277d 327d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 57th

Outdoors & history

WillistonAstatula

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.5%11.1%

Settled1853 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 1

Community

WillistonAstatula

Library hours a week37 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

64 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WillistonFL AstatulaFL

Williston ↔ Astatula64 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

WillistonAstatula

People

Population 3,154Highest 2,559Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.5%Highest FL: +14.6% +4.4%Lowest FL: +14.6%

Median age 41.4±4.2Highest about the FL average 39.1±7.1Lowest 8% below FL

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

Kids under 18 20.1%±4.9Lowest FL: 19.5% 25.7%±6.1Highest FL: 19.5%

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

Age 65+ 20.9%±4.6Highest FL: 21.3% 12%±2.7Lowest FL: 21.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.7%Highest FL: 34.1% 15.3%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.8Highest FL: 6.1% 3.5%±1.3Lowest FL: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,111±$5kLowest 18% below FL $72,063±$9kHighest 3% below FL

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $252,700±$36kLowest 30% below FL $257,300±$38kHighest 28% below FL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $969±$72Lowest 42% below FL $1,147±$178Highest 31% below FL

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,655Lowest 39% below FL $1,831Highest 33% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.2%±18.5Lowest FL: 60.1% 69%±28.4Highest FL: 60.1%

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

Below poverty line 15.8%Highest FL: 12.6% 13.6%Lowest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72%Lowest FL: 67.6% 80.4%Highest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Lowest 1 yr newer than FL 1995Highest 7 yrs newer than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 18% below FL 31 minHighest 12% above FL

Work from home 12.3%±6Lowest FL: 15.7% 16.9%±10.9Highest FL: 15.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.9%Highest 2.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 19.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.86Highest 0.58Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Gainesville (21%)Tavares (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AstatulaFew work in Williston

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Lowest 11.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.7Highest 37.2Lowest

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

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.

Williston vs Astatula

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Astatula

Williston places higher on 10 of 18 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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