Best PlacesBoca Grande, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boca Grande, 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.
Boca Grande ranks 28,337th 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 Boca Grande
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.
Boca Grande's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boca Grande ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute14.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where Boca Grande ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boca Grande
A household needs to earn about $420,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boca Grande home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,169, 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 Boca Grande's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Boca Grande
Boca Grande runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boca Grande.
Who works in Boca Grande, and how
Work in Boca Grande centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 36%
- Work from home 40%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Boca Grande
Boca Grande has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Boca Grande and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boca Grande, month by month
Boca Grande sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 63° | 50° |
| April | 88° | 74° | 60° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 89° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Boca Grande
The nearest airport, Punta Gorda, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Southwest Florida International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boca Grande
Schools across Boca Grande average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vineland Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Myakka River Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- The Island SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Challenger Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- L. A. Ainger Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Lemon Bay High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Ida S. Baker High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boca Grande school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boca Grande 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 Boca Grande against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boca Grande
Is Boca Grande a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boca Grande ranks 28,337th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, health care access, and short commutes, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boca Grande expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,625,867. The overall cost of living runs about 62% above the national average. Set against a $74,169 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Boca Grande safe?
Boca Grande is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $554 per resident a year.
Compare Boca Grande with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boca Grande. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boca Grande 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.
Boca Grande detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boca Grande: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boca Grande: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boca Grande: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boca Grande: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boca Grande 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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