Best PlacesCentury, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Century, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Century ranks 43,589th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Century
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.
Century's strengths and weaknesses
Where Century ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 120 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
- BikingBetter than 77% of towns
Where Century ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Century
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Century home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,272, 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 Century's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Century
Century runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Century.
Who works in Century, and how
Work in Century centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Century
Century has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Century and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Century, month by month
Century sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Century
The nearest airport, Pensacola International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 188 miles away.
The best schools in and around Century
Schools across Century average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jay Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Bratt Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ernest Ward Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Jay High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Northview High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Santa Rosa Adult SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Century school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Century 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 Century against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Century
Is Century a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Century ranks 43,589th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and transit, and lowest on disaster risk and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Century expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,099. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $49,272 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Century safe?
Century is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Century with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Century. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Century 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.
Century detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Century: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Century: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Century: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Century: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Century 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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