Best PlacesCallahan, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Callahan, 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.
Callahan ranks 20,531st 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 Callahan
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.
Callahan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Callahan ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Callahan ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Callahan
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Callahan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,248, 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 Callahan's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Callahan
Callahan runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Callahan.
Who works in Callahan, and how
Work in Callahan centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Callahan
The coast is about 38 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Callahan, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Callahan, month by month
Callahan sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 54° | 42° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 56° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Callahan
Jacksonville International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.7 million passengers in 2025, with 86 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Callahan
Schools across Callahan average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wildlight ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Hilliard Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Callahan Intermediate SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Callahan Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Oak Park Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Hilliard Middle-senior HighA− · 63% proficient
- West Nassau County High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Tavares High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Callahan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Callahan 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 Callahan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Callahan
Is Callahan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Callahan ranks 20,531st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and civic engagement, 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 Callahan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,325. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $76,248 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Callahan safe?
Yes, Callahan is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Callahan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Callahan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Callahan 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.
Callahan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Callahan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Callahan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Callahan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Callahan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Callahan 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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