Best PlacesBellview, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bellview, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bellview ranks 1,686th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bellview
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.
Bellview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bellview ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- QuietBetter than 90% of cities
- Cheap childcare$781 a month, better than 83% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of cities
Where Bellview ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bellview
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bellview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,490, 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 Bellview's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Bellview
Bellview'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 Bellview.
Who works in Bellview, and how
Work in Bellview centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bellview
Bellview has more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. The coast is about 21 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bellview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bellview, month by month
Bellview sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 78° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 77° |
| October | 82° | 73° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Bellview
The nearest airport, Pensacola International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 179 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bellview
Schools across Bellview average a C−, better than 18% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Beulah Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Longleaf Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bellview Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Pensacola High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Pine Forest High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bellview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bellview 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 Bellview against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bellview suits
Families
Schools land around the 18th percentile and crime safety beats 73%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bellview
Is Bellview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bellview ranks 1,686th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bellview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,294. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $67,490 median income, cost of living beats 23% of cities.
Is Bellview safe?
Yes, Bellview is safer than 73% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $162 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bellview?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 45. That works out to about 121 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of cities.
Is Bellview good for families?
Schools beat 18% of cities, crime safety beats 73%, and childcare runs $781 a month.
Compare Bellview with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bellview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bellview 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.
Bellview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bellview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bellview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bellview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bellview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bellview 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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