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16,648people live here $85,247median household incomeNear US average $1,754median rent per month▲ 24% above US $302,500median home valueNear US average

Yulee is an unincorporated community in Nassau 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 Yulee

Yulee is an unincorporated community in Florida with 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. Yulee deals with rent well above the national average, a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, and a car-dependent commute, with few people using transit.

The good

Average class sizes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High rent burden for renters
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Yulee compares

Median household income

Yulee$85,247

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Yulee$1,754

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Yulee$302,500

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Yulee

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

To rent

$3,508

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $70,160 a year
50% of Yulee renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$60,500

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $30,250
Homes cost 3.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 24% above US

$1,754/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,754 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 $302,500. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $302,500 · 50% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

3.9% county unemployment

Unemployment in Nassau County is 3.9%, 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.

Nassau County (county-wide)

Safety

184 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Yulee doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Nassau 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 761/100k · Policed by Nassau County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2022 data

Getting aroundNear US average

26 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 26.3 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; 7% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

81%

Work from home

7.4%

Carpool

7.0%

Walk

2.3%

Other

2.2%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 90°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 48°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 28% below US

26% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 26%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

4 public schools inside the boundary

There are 4 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, close to the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve (13 miles away). There are 5 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Nothing in Yulee's numbers stands out as a clear strength, and the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin. A year of median rent ($1,754/mo) equals 25% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. Whether it fits comes down to the specifics: the neighborhood, the job, and what matters most in the move.

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