Best PlacesCarver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa, 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.
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa ranks 2,018th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa
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.
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,350, 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 Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa runs younger 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 Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa.
Who works in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa, and how
Work in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa, month by month
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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° | 62° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa
Tampa International sits about 2 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 Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa
Schools across Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa average a B−, better than 68% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Roland Park K-8 Magnet SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pierce Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa 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 Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa
Is Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa ranks 2,018th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and biking, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $324,891. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $87,350 median income, cost of living beats 72% of neighborhoods.
Is Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa safe?
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa is safer than 38% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa 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.
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carver City-Lincoln Gardens, Tampa 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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