Best PlacesBellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, 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.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace ranks 23,977th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
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.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,633, 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 Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.
Who works in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, and how
Work in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 27 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, month by month
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 75° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Jacksonville International sits about 22 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.7 million passengers in 2025, with 86 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Schools across Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- W E Cherry Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- S Bryan Jennings Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Grove Park Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Orange Park Junior High SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Orange Park High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace 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 Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
Is Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace ranks 23,977th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,562. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,633 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace safe?
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $282 per resident a year.
Compare Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace 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.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace 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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