Mountain View, CA vs Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Side-by-side comparison of housing, income, commute, safety, and quality of life.

Score Snapshot

No universal winner

Scores summarize the published model. Use the objective metric differences below and your own priorities to choose.

Mountain View

63.3

#1779 nationally

Palm Beach Gardens

66.7

#1512 nationally

Palm Beach Gardens leads in crime level (3.4 vs 8.4). Palm Beach Gardens leads in cost of living index (136 vs 285). Mountain View leads in median household income ($174,156 vs $106,544).

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric	Mountain View, CA	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
WhereAtHome Score	63.3 (#1779)	66.7 (#1512)
Population	81,785	61,146
Typical Home Value (ZHVI)	$1,962,774	$693,873
Median Household Income	$174,156	$106,544
Average Commute	24.2 min	24.3 min
Walk Score	66	N/A
Crime Level	8.4	3.4
School Rating	N/A	N/A
Cost of Living Index	285	136
Political lean County 2024 presidential margin — context only, not scored	D+40.0	D+0.8

Data coverage note: Palm Beach Gardens is missing data for 1 metric that Mountain View has. Scores with less coverage are penalized — see our methodology.