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You know that tight feeling in your chest when you start a new job? That’s stress.
And there are certain places in Florida that have more to stress out about then just their first day at work.
There are things like dealing with ever-longer commutes, working longer and longer hours, and just trying to find a job in the first place. But which places in Florida take being stressed to the next level?
It turns out the good people of North Miami have earned the dubious distinction of being the most stressed out place in Florida. The city is at the top of the pack of the 10 most stressed out places in the Sunshine State:
How We Measured Stress In Florida (Without Stressing Out)
In order to measure stress, we selected a set of six criteria that reflect its root causes for most people and used them to look at the 215 places in Florida with a population over 5,000 according to the 2010-2014 American Community Survey:
Percentage of population with a long commute (over 30 minutes)
The higher any of these were, the more stressed the people of the place are.
Our data is from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey for 2010-2014.
We ranked each place from 1 to 215 (with one being the most stressed side of the scale) in the six individual criteria. These ranks were then averaged into a Stress Score, the lowest of which was the most stressed out place in the Sunshine State.
Below, we’ll take a look at the standout stress stats for each top 10 most stressed places, and wrap the whole thing up with a detailed ranking of all 215 places we analyzed.
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1. North Miami
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 60,756People With High Rent: 66.7% People With Long Commute: 53.0% People Without Insurance: 37.4%
2. North Miami Beach
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 43,028People With High Rent: 63.7% People With Long Commute: 53.0% People Without Insurance: 36.5%
3. Lauderhill
Source: Flickr
Population: 69,082People With High Rent: 65.5% People With Long Commute: 44.5% People Without Insurance: 27.5%
4. Miami Gardens
Source: Flickr
Population: 110,867People With High Rent: 62.8% People With Long Commute: 50.6% People Without Insurance: 27.5%
5. Lauderdale Lakes
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 33,710People With High Rent: 60.7% People With Long Commute: 41.5% People Without Insurance: 30.1%
6. West Park
Source: Flickr
Population: 14,604People With High Rent: 59.2% People With Long Commute: 48.6% People Without Insurance: 29.5%
7. Sweetwater
Population: 20,562 People With High Rent: 64.0% People With Long Commute: 57.8% People Without Insurance: 40.3%
8. Hallandale Beach
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 38,270People With High Rent: 61.2% People With Long Commute: 44.8% People Without Insurance: 26.2%
9. Florida City
Source: Flickr
Population: 11,853People With High Rent: 66.5% People With Long Commute: 48.9% People Without Insurance: 33.2%
10. Lake Worth
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 35,903People With High Rent: 59.8% People With Long Commute: 40.0% People Without Insurance: 38.6%