Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville, FL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Jacksonville, FL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Jacksonville ranks 124th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 97th for income. A household earns $82,053 a year while median rent runs $1,625/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 1% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is education (93rd of 300), while commute is the soft spot (241st). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 240th and home prices 201st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Jacksonville, your take-home is worth about $61,632 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 97th of 300↑24.5%$82,053
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 210th of 30099 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $82,479
- Per-capita income
- $44,971
- Full-time pay
- $46,396
Housing
- Median rent
- 240th of 300↑45%$1,625/mo
- Home value
- 201st of 300↑63.1%$375,200
- Property tax
- $2,808/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 6.95%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 164th of 3004.6%
- Bachelor's+
- 93rd of 30038.3%
- Avg commute
- 241st of 30027.4 min
People
- Population
- 1,760,548
- Population change
- +12.9%
- Median age
- 39.8 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 11.6%
- Broadband
- 95%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 234th of 30051
- Natural-hazard loss
- 156th of 300$13/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 134th of 30018%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 12.6%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Household income
- + Education
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
- – Air quality
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — jacksonville nas.
What jobs pay in Jacksonville
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $169,010
- Family medicine physicians
- $166,680
- Pharmacists
- $138,990
- Financial managers
- $138,780
- Software developers
- $130,330
- Lawyers
- $127,920
- Civil engineers
- $102,280
- General & operations managers
- $100,870
- Registered nurses
- $83,520
- Accountants & auditors
- $79,960
- Police officers
- $78,810
- Secondary school teachers
- $62,650
- Elementary school teachers
- $61,080
- Plumbers
- $58,920
- Electricians
- $58,280
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $55,630
- Carpenters
- $50,540
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $47,380
- Construction laborers
- $43,480
- Customer service reps
- $42,840
- Waiters & waitresses
- $36,630
- Janitors
- $35,450
- Retail salespersons
- $34,360
- Cashiers
- $30,320
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Jacksonville metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Florida are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Georgia8,386
- Virginia5,279
- California3,924
- New York3,410
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Jacksonville metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Jacksonville metro?
- Median gross rent across the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area is $1,625 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Jacksonville.
- What is the median household income in the Jacksonville metro?
- A typical household in the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area earns $82,053 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Jacksonville expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area runs about 1% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Jacksonville metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $82,479 (versus its face value of $82,053). CityLedger rates the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Jacksonville metro?
- The median home value across the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area is $375,200 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Jacksonville metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Jacksonville, FL Metro Area is 4.6% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).