Best PlacesBay Pines, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bay Pines, 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.
Bay Pines ranks 9,531st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bay Pines
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.
Bay Pines' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bay Pines ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Bay Pines ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,048 a month, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bay Pines
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bay Pines home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,981, 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 Bay Pines' effective rate of 0.65%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bay Pines
Bay Pines 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 Bay Pines.
Who works in Bay Pines, and how
Work in Bay Pines centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bay Pines
Bay Pines has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bay Pines and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bay Pines, month by month
Bay Pines sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Bay Pines
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 18 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bay Pines
Schools across Bay Pines average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Seventy-fourth St. ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seminole Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Osceola Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Azalea Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Richard O Jacobson Technical High School At SeminoleA− · 64% proficient
- Dixie M. Hollins High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Boca Ciega High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bay Pines school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bay Pines 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 Bay Pines against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bay Pines
Is Bay Pines a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bay Pines ranks 9,531st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, state infrastructure, and transit, 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 Bay Pines expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $272,187. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $76,981 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Bay Pines safe?
Yes, Bay Pines is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $131 per resident a year.
Compare Bay Pines with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bay Pines. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bay Pines 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.
Bay Pines detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bay Pines: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bay Pines: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bay Pines: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bay Pines: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bay Pines 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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