Best PlacesCedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville ranks 4,051st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville
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.
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,343, 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 Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville 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 Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville.
Who works in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville, and how
Work in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 26 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville, month by month
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 75° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville
Jacksonville International sits about 16 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 Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville
Schools across Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville average a C, better than 32% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hidden Oaks Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Grasp AcademyD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Joseph Stilwell Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville 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 Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville
Is Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville ranks 4,051st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,952. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $58,343 median income, cost of living beats 51% of neighborhoods.
Is Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville safe?
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville is safer than 39% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville 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.
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Hills Estates, Jacksonville 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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