Best PlacesBradenton Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bradenton Beach, 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.
Bradenton Beach ranks 27,074th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bradenton Beach
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.
Bradenton Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bradenton Beach ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
Where Bradenton Beach ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute40.7 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bradenton Beach
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bradenton Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,161, 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 Bradenton Beach's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Bradenton Beach
Bradenton Beach 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 Bradenton Beach.
Who works in Bradenton Beach, and how
Work in Bradenton Beach 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 49%
- Work from home 40%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Bradenton Beach
Bradenton Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bradenton Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bradenton Beach, month by month
Bradenton Beach sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 77° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Bradenton Beach
The nearest airport, Sarasota/Bradenton International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bradenton Beach
Schools across Bradenton Beach average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anna Maria Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Sea Breeze Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Martha B. King Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- W. D. Sugg Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Manatee High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Bayshore High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bradenton Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bradenton Beach 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 Bradenton Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bradenton Beach
Is Bradenton Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bradenton Beach ranks 27,074th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, state infrastructure, and transit, and lowest on summer heat and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bradenton Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $489,984. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $77,161 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Bradenton Beach safe?
Yes, Bradenton Beach is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Bradenton Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bradenton Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bradenton Beach 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.
Bradenton Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bradenton Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bradenton Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bradenton Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bradenton Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bradenton Beach 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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