Best PlacesAuburndale, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Auburndale, 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.
Auburndale ranks 1,548th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Auburndale
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.
Auburndale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Auburndale ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 80% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 80% of cities
- QuietBetter than 77% of cities
Where Auburndale ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 11% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Auburndale
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Auburndale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,015, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Auburndale's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Auburndale
Auburndale's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Auburndale.
Who works in Auburndale, and how
Work in Auburndale centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Auburndale
Auburndale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities. The coast is about 47 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Auburndale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Auburndale, month by month
Auburndale sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 89° | 78° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Auburndale
Orlando International sits about 38 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Auburndale
Schools across Auburndale average a C, better than 25% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Berkley Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Combee Academy Of Design And EngineeringB · 45% proficient
- Lake Alfred Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berkley Accelerated Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Lake Alfred Polytech AcademyB− · 41% proficient
- Crystal Lake Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Auburndale Senior High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Tenoroc High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Auburndale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Auburndale 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 Auburndale against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Auburndale suits
Families
Schools land around the 25th percentile and crime safety beats 67%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Auburndale
Is Auburndale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Auburndale ranks 1,548th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on summer heat and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Auburndale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,156. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $77,015 median income, cost of living beats 41% of cities.
Is Auburndale safe?
Yes, Auburndale is safer than 67% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Auburndale?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 50. That works out to about 128 pleasant days a year, more than 74% of cities.
Is Auburndale good for families?
Schools beat 25% of cities, crime safety beats 67%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare Auburndale with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Auburndale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Auburndale 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.
Auburndale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Auburndale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Auburndale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Auburndale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Auburndale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Auburndale 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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