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10,371people live here $49,761median household income▼ 38% below US $1,361median rent per monthNear US average $331,800median home valueNear US average

Pine Castle 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 Pine Castle

Pine Castle is an unincorporated community in Florida. The numbers below lay out what daily life there actually looks like.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Pine Castle deals with household incomes below the national average, college degree attainment below the national average, larger class sizes than the national average, and a poverty rate above the national average.

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
High poverty rate
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers

How Pine Castle compares

Median household income

Pine Castle$49,761

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Pine Castle$1,361

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Pine Castle$331,800

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Pine Castle

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

To rent

$2,722

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $54,440 a year
58% of Pine Castle renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$66,360

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $33,180
Homes cost 6.7× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,361/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,361 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $331,800. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $331,800 · 58% 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

Pine Castle 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

25 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 24.6 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 12% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

68%

Carpool

14%

Work from home

12%

Other

5.5%

Walk

1.0%

Public transit

0.3%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 52°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 46% below US

20% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary and 2 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Canaveral National Seashore (44 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Nothing in Pine Castle's numbers stands out as a clear strength, and the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and college degree attainment below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,361/mo) equals 33% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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