Best PlacesAtlantis, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Atlantis, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Atlantis ranks 27,163rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Atlantis
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.
Atlantis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Atlantis ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Atlantis ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Atlantis
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Atlantis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,241, 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 Atlantis' effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Atlantis
Atlantis runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Atlantis.
Who works in Atlantis, and how
Work in Atlantis centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Atlantis
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Atlantis, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Atlantis, month by month
Atlantis sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 57. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| April | 85° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Atlantis
Palm Beach International sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Atlantis
Schools across Atlantis average a B−, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Diamond View Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lantana Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Tradewinds Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Lake Worth Community MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Santaluces Community HighC+ · 36% proficient
- Lake Worth High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Atlantis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Atlantis 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 Atlantis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Atlantis
Is Atlantis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Atlantis ranks 27,163rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Atlantis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $562,899. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $97,241 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Atlantis safe?
Atlantis is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
Compare Atlantis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Atlantis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Atlantis 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.
Atlantis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Atlantis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Atlantis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Atlantis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Atlantis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Atlantis 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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