Best PlacesBrooksville, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brooksville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brooksville ranks 1,488th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brooksville
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.
The best areas in Brooksville
The parts of Brooksville, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Royal Highlands
Hill 'n Dale
Hernando Highlands
North Brooksville
Scores across Brooksville run from about the 9th to the 74th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Brooksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brooksville ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 91% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Cheap childcare$678 a month, better than 90% of cities
Where Brooksville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 6% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Brooksville
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brooksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,467, 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 Brooksville's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brooksville
Brooksville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brooksville.
Who works in Brooksville, and how
Work in Brooksville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Brooksville
Brooksville has more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. The coast is about 28 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Brooksville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brooksville, month by month
Brooksville sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 58° | 45° |
| April | 86° | 72° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 88° | 74° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Brooksville
Tampa International sits about 40 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 Brooksville
Schools across Brooksville average a B, better than 60% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Southside Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Phillippi Shores Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Chocachatti Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brookside Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Powell Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Inverness Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Pasco Eschool-virtual FranchiseA · 70% proficient
- Venice Senior High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Sunlake High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brooksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brooksville 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 Brooksville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Brooksville suits
Common questions about living in Brooksville
Is Brooksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brooksville ranks 1,488th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on cell coverage and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brooksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,166. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $76,467 median income, cost of living beats 42% of cities.
Is Brooksville safe?
Yes, Brooksville is safer than 91% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Brooksville?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 45. That works out to about 145 pleasant days a year, more than 80% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Brooksville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Royal Highlands, Hill 'n Dale, and Hernando Highlands. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Brooksville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brooksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brooksville 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.
Brooksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brooksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brooksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brooksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brooksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brooksville 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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