Best Places32129, FL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 32129, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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32129 ranks 13,017th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 32129

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 32129 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

32129's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%State infrastructure
Top 5%Low taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 32129 with other zip codes.

Where 32129 ranks high

  • State infrastructureBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than 88% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than 87% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than 87% of zip codes

Where 32129 ranks low

  • Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 25% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 34% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 32129

A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 32129 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,358, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$62,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,440
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $238,817 home
Median rent
$1,666
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,218
Property tax$142
Homeowners insurance$80

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 32129's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 32129

32129 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
47
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
25%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.2
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1813%
18 to 3422%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6420%
65 and older25%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 32129.


Who works in 32129, and how

Work in 32129 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
4.5%
about the national average
Job growth
+4.6%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social17%
Retail trade15%
Hospitality & food8%
Education8%
Admin & support services7%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 83%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 3%

Life in 32129

32129 has more parkland per resident than 82% of zip codes. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of 32129 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
86
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 39.9 per 10,000 residents, more than 58% of zip codes
Coffee shops
8
about 3.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 59% of zip codes
Parkland
146 acres
about 6.8 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 82% of zip codes
To the coast
8 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 32129, month by month

32129 sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January72°59°48°
April83°71°60°
July92°81°74°
October85°76°68°

Flying in and out of 32129

The nearest airport, Daytona Beach International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 52 miles away.

Nearest airport
DAB
Daytona Beach International, about 4 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
161st-busiest in the US, 26 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 32129

Schools across 32129 average a B+, better than 75% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 32129 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


32129 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 32129 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 32129 suits

Families

Schools beat 75% of zip codes and crime safety beats 79%.

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Remote workers

Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 82% of zip codes.

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Common questions about living in 32129

Is 32129 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 32129 ranks 13,017th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on summer heat and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 32129 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $238,817. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $68,358 median income, cost of living beats 44% of zip codes.

Is 32129 safe?

Yes, 32129 is safer than 79% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $157 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 32129?

July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 48. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of zip codes.

Is 32129 good for families?

Schools beat 75% of zip codes, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $820 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 32129. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 32129 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

32129 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 32129: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 32129: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 32129: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 32129: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

32129 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.