Best PlacesAvon Park Lakes, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avon Park Lakes, 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.
Avon Park Lakes ranks 40,469th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Avon Park Lakes
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.
Avon Park Lakes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Avon Park Lakes ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
Where Avon Park Lakes ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Avon Park Lakes
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avon Park Lakes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,223, 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 Avon Park Lakes' effective rate of 0.57%, 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.
Who lives in Avon Park Lakes
Avon Park Lakes runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Avon Park Lakes.
Who works in Avon Park Lakes, and how
Work in Avon Park Lakes centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Avon Park Lakes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Avon Park Lakes.
What the weather is like in Avon Park Lakes, month by month
Avon Park Lakes sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| April | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Avon Park Lakes
The nearest airport, Punta Gorda, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Avon Park Lakes
Schools across Avon Park Lakes average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sun 'n Lake Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Avon Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Frostproof Ben Hill Griffin Jr Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hill-gustat Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Avon Park Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Avon Park High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Frostproof Middle/senior HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avon Park Lakes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avon Park Lakes 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 Avon Park Lakes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Avon Park Lakes
Is Avon Park Lakes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avon Park Lakes ranks 40,469th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and big-city access, 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 Avon Park Lakes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,766. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $58,223 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Avon Park Lakes safe?
Avon Park Lakes is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $229 per resident a year.
Compare Avon Park Lakes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avon Park Lakes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avon Park Lakes 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.
Avon Park Lakes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avon Park Lakes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avon Park Lakes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avon Park Lakes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avon Park Lakes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avon Park Lakes 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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