Best PlacesBee Ridge, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bee Ridge, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bee Ridge ranks 22,481st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bee Ridge
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.
Bee Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bee Ridge ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Bee Ridge ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bee Ridge
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bee Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,503, 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 Bee Ridge's effective rate of 0.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bee Ridge
Bee Ridge runs younger than the country, 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 Bee Ridge.
Who works in Bee Ridge, and how
Work in Bee Ridge centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bee Ridge
Bee Ridge has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bee Ridge and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bee Ridge, month by month
Bee Ridge sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Bee Ridge
Indianapolis International sits about 48 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bee Ridge
Schools across Bee Ridge average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Clay Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Northview High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bee Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bee Ridge 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 Bee Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bee Ridge
Is Bee Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bee Ridge ranks 22,481st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bee Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,770. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $83,503 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Bee Ridge safe?
Bee Ridge is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Bee Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bee Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bee Ridge 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.
Bee Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bee Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bee Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bee Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bee Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bee Ridge 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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