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12,878people live here $67,563median household income▼ 16% below US $1,734median rent per month▲ 23% above US $358,700median home valueNear US average

Goldenrod is an unincorporated community in Orange 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 Goldenrod

Goldenrod is an unincorporated community in Florida with a highly educated workforce and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Goldenrod deals with rent well above the national average, household incomes below the national average, a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, and hot summers.

The good

Highly educated workforce
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
Below-average household incomes
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers
Above-average rainfall

How Goldenrod compares

Median household income

Goldenrod$67,563

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Goldenrod$1,734

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Goldenrod$358,700

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Goldenrod

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

To rent

$3,468

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $69,360 a year
55% of Goldenrod renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$71,740

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $35,870
Homes cost 5.3× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 23% above US

$1,734/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,734 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices run above average, with a median around $358,700. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $358,700 · 55% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.8% county unemployment

Unemployment in Orange County is 3.8%, 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.

Orange County (county-wide)

Safety

404 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

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

Property crime 1424/100k · Policed by Orange County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

27 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 27.1 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 17% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

68%

Work from home

17%

Carpool

9.2%

Other

5.6%

Walk

0.5%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 54°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

38% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 38% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Canaveral National Seashore (34 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Goldenrod's strongest point is a highly educated workforce; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and household incomes below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,734/mo) equals 31% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (17% of workers here already work from home).

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