Best PlacesBloomingdale, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bloomingdale, 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.
Bloomingdale ranks 2,354th 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 Bloomingdale
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.
Bloomingdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bloomingdale ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
Where Bloomingdale ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute32.1 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$973 a month, better than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bloomingdale
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bloomingdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,869, 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 Bloomingdale's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bloomingdale.
Who works in Bloomingdale, and how
Work in Bloomingdale centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale has more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 42 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bloomingdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bloomingdale, month by month
Bloomingdale sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 60° | 52° |
| April | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Bloomingdale
Tampa International sits about 18 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bloomingdale
Schools across Bloomingdale average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valrico Lake Advantage AcademyA · 71% proficient
- Alafia Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Cimino Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Randall Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Barrington Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Burns Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Newsome High SchoolA · 74% proficient
- Bloomingdale High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Riverview High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bloomingdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bloomingdale 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 Bloomingdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bloomingdale
Is Bloomingdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bloomingdale ranks 2,354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, fast internet, and low taxes, 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 Bloomingdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $409,923. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $116,869 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Bloomingdale safe?
Yes, Bloomingdale is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $136 per resident a year.
Compare Bloomingdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bloomingdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bloomingdale 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.
Bloomingdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bloomingdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bloomingdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bloomingdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bloomingdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bloomingdale 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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