Best PlacesBelle Isle, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belle Isle, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Belle Isle ranks 6,966th 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 Belle Isle
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.
Belle Isle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belle Isle ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Belle Isle ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belle Isle
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belle Isle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,400, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Belle Isle's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Belle Isle
Belle Isle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belle Isle.
Who works in Belle Isle, and how
Work in Belle Isle centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Belle Isle
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Belle Isle, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Belle Isle, month by month
Belle Isle sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Belle Isle
Orlando International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Belle Isle
Schools across Belle Isle average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pershing SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Shenandoah ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Sally Ride ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Conway MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Judson B Walker MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- William R Boone HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Cypress Creek HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Oak Ridge HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belle Isle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belle Isle 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 Belle Isle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belle Isle
Is Belle Isle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belle Isle ranks 6,966th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, biking, 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 Belle Isle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $443,222. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $102,400 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Belle Isle safe?
Belle Isle is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Belle Isle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belle Isle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belle Isle 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.
Belle Isle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belle Isle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belle Isle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belle Isle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belle Isle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belle Isle 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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