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 →

Haverhill$2,980/mo

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

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

Health

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

8Williston

11Haverhill

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

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

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

WillistonHaverhill

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 56°F

July high91°F 90°F

Growing season (days)277d 365d

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

Outdoors & history

WillistonHaverhill

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.5%5.7%

Settled1853 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

WillistonHaverhill

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

234 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WillistonFL HaverhillFL

Williston ↔ Haverhill234 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

WillistonHaverhill

People

Population 3,154Highest 2,823Lowest

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

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

Williston and Haverhill 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% 25.6%±1.2Highest 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+ 20.9%±4.6Highest FL: 21.3% 11.9%±2.1Lowest FL: 21.3%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.8Lowest FL: 6.1% 5.5%±2.1Highest 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 $61,111±$5kLowest 18% below FL $79,787±$14kHighest 7% above 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 $252,700±$36kLowest 30% below FL $424,500±$26kHighest 18% above FL

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.2%±18.5Lowest FL: 60.1% 64.8%±24.4Highest 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 15.8%Highest FL: 12.6% 8.6%Lowest FL: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12.3%±6Highest FL: 15.7% 5.2%±4.7Lowest 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 15.9%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Lowest 5.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 0Lowest

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

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.

Williston vs Haverhill

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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