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32,682people live here $68,887median household income▼ 15% below US $1,806median rent per month▲ 28% above US $327,500median home valueNear US average

Buenaventura Lakes is an unincorporated community in Osceola County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Buenaventura Lakes

Buenaventura Lakes is an unincorporated community in Florida with air quality that stays clean most of the year and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Buenaventura Lakes deals with rent well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, a population that has been shrinking, and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin.

The good

Clean air
Average class sizes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
Above-average commute times
Shrinking population
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers
Above-average rainfall

How Buenaventura Lakes compares

Median household income

Buenaventura Lakes$68,887

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Buenaventura Lakes$1,806

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Buenaventura Lakes$327,500

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Buenaventura Lakes

Based on Buenaventura Lakes's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,612

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $72,240 a year
65% of Buenaventura Lakes renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$65,500

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $32,750
Homes cost 4.8× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 28% above US

$1,806/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,806 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $327,500. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $327,500 · 65% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.1% county unemployment

Unemployment in Osceola County is 4.1%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Osceola County (county-wide)

Safety

241 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Buenaventura Lakes doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Osceola County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1054/100k · Policed by Osceola County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2023 data

Getting around▲ 14% above US

30 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 29.6 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 10% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

74%

Carpool

12%

Work from home

10%

Walk

1.4%

Other

1.3%

Public transit

1.1%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 50°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 38% below US

22% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 22%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Canaveral National Seashore (48 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Buenaventura Lakes's strongest point is air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and commute times longer than most cities. A year of median rent ($1,806/mo) equals 31% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget and anyone who doesn't drive.

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