Best Places33440, FL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 33440, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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33440 ranks 27,530th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 33440

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 33440 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.

33440's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%State infrastructure
Top 5%Low taxes
Top 10%The weather
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 33440 with other zip codes.

Where 33440 ranks high

  • State infrastructureBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than 84% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 80% of zip codes

Where 33440 ranks low

  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of zip codes
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 33440

A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 33440 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $58,758; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.

Income to buy the median home
$59,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,386
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $223,413 home
Median rent
$1,064
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,139
Property tax$172
Homeowners insurance$74

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 33440's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 8 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 33440

33440's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
39
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
17%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.8
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3423%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6418%
65 and older17%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 33440.


Who works in 33440, and how

Work in 33440 centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
7%
below the national average
Unemployment
5.5%
above the national average
Job growth
−1.0%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Agriculture & forestry18%
Retail trade12%
Health care & social10%
Construction9%
Education9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 82%
  • Work from home 7%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 11%

Life in 33440

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 33440.

Places to eat and drink
62
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 31.9 per 10,000 residents, more than 47% of zip codes
Coffee shops
7
about 3.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 58% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 33440, month by month

33440 sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January73°61°52°
April84°72°61°
July91°80°73°
October85°75°68°

Flying in and out of 33440

Southwest Florida International sits about 50 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
RSW
Southwest Florida International, about 50 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
41st-busiest in the US, 103 nonstop destinations
Average drive
71 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 33440

Schools across 33440 average a B−, better than 57% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 33440 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


33440 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 33440 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 33440

Is 33440 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 33440 ranks 27,530th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 33440 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $223,413. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $58,758 median income, cost of living beats 19% of zip codes.

Is 33440 safe?

33440 is safer than 16% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 33440. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 33440 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.

33440 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 33440: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 33440: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 33440: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 33440: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

33440 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.