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Cocoa, FL vs Highlands, NC

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Is it cheaper to live in Highlands or is it cheaper to live in Cocoa?
- Highlands is 5.6% less expensive than Cocoa.

Which city has more affordable housing, Highlands or Cocoa?
- Highlands housing costs are 159.6% more expensive than Cocoa housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Cocoa or is Health Care more affordable in Highlands.
- Health related expenses are 22.0% more in Highlands.
 Cocoa, FLHighlands, NCUnited States
 Overall  Unlock90.2100
 Food & Groceries96.6  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock121.9100
 Housing79.3  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$794,000$338,100
 Utilities96  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock69.0100
 Miscellaneous105.6  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Cocoa    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Cocoa benefits = super low property taxes, very little hurricane damage in last 40 years, grow anything (we grow 40% of what we eat in a regular neighborhood lot) 17  More

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Over 14 years ago

We have lived in cocoa FL for 7yrs and rockledge before cocoa for 20yrs,we now live in cocoa,it's a very dirty town has nothing to offer,the crime yet unreported  More

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Over 16 years ago

A great place to  More

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Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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