Best Places33916, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 33916, 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.
33916 ranks 28,806th 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.
The best neighborhoods in 33916
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.
33916's strengths and weaknesses
Where 33916 ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 90% of zip codes
Where 33916 ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 33916
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 33916 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,555, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 33916's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 33916
33916 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 33916.
Who works in 33916, and how
Work in 33916 centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in 33916
33916 has more parkland per resident than 88% of zip codes. The coast is about 21 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of 33916 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 33916, month by month
33916 sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| April | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of 33916
Southwest Florida International sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 33916
Schools across 33916 average a B−, better than 51% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Ray V. Pottorf Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Tortuga Preserve Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Edgewood AcademyC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lexington Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Harns Marsh Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Dunbar High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- South Fort Myers High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Young Parent Education ProgramD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 33916 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
33916 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 33916 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 33916 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 33916
Is 33916 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 33916 ranks 28,806th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state infrastructure, cell coverage, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 33916 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,250. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $50,555 median income, cost of living beats 9% of zip codes.
Is 33916 safe?
33916 is safer than 19% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 33916?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 77 with lows near 54. That works out to about 114 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of zip codes.
Is 33916 good for families?
Schools beat 51% of zip codes, crime safety beats 19%, and childcare runs $820 a month.
Compare 33916 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 33916. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 33916 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.
33916 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 33916: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 33916: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 33916: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 33916: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
33916 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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