Best PlacesBayshore Gardens, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bayshore Gardens, 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.
Bayshore Gardens ranks 35,316th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bayshore Gardens
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.
Bayshore Gardens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bayshore Gardens ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Bayshore Gardens ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bayshore Gardens
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bayshore Gardens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,167, 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 Bayshore Gardens' effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Bayshore Gardens
Bayshore Gardens 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 Bayshore Gardens.
Who works in Bayshore Gardens, and how
Work in Bayshore Gardens centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Bayshore Gardens
Bayshore Gardens has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns. The coast is about 13 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bayshore Gardens and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bayshore Gardens, month by month
Bayshore Gardens sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 85° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 77° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Bayshore Gardens
The nearest airport, Sarasota/Bradenton International, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bayshore Gardens
Schools across Bayshore Gardens average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Florine J Abel Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Bayshore Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Oneco Elementary SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Electa Lee Magnet Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- State College Of Florida Collegiate SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Southeast High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Bayshore High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bayshore Gardens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bayshore Gardens 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 Bayshore Gardens against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Bayshore Gardens suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 5% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bayshore Gardens
Is Bayshore Gardens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bayshore Gardens ranks 35,316th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bayshore Gardens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,659. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $55,167 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Bayshore Gardens safe?
Bayshore Gardens is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bayshore Gardens?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 51. That works out to about 158 pleasant days a year, more than 94% of towns.
Is Bayshore Gardens good for families?
Schools beat 28% of towns, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $916 a month.
Compare Bayshore Gardens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bayshore Gardens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bayshore Gardens 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.
Bayshore Gardens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bayshore Gardens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bayshore Gardens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bayshore Gardens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bayshore Gardens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bayshore Gardens 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.
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