Best PlacesCitrus Park, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Citrus Park, 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.
Citrus Park ranks 1,116th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Citrus Park
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.
Citrus Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Citrus Park ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 133 pleasant days a year, better than 77% of cities
Where Citrus Park ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Citrus Park
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Citrus Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $93,896; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Citrus Park's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Citrus Park
Citrus Park's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Citrus Park.
Who works in Citrus Park, and how
Work in Citrus Park centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Citrus Park
Citrus Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Citrus Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Citrus Park, month by month
Citrus Park 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 Citrus Park
Tampa International sits about 6 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 Citrus Park
Schools across Citrus Park average a B+, better than 73% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Northwest Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Citrus Park Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hill Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Sergeant Paul R Smith Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Pierce Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Steinbrenner High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Sickles High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Alonso High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Citrus Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Citrus Park 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 Citrus Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Citrus Park suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 23% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Citrus Park
Is Citrus Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Citrus Park ranks 1,116th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Citrus Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $392,665. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $93,896 median income, cost of living beats 62% of cities.
Is Citrus Park safe?
Yes, Citrus Park is safer than 70% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $178 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Citrus Park?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 52. That works out to about 133 pleasant days a year, more than 77% of cities.
Is Citrus Park good for families?
Schools beat 73% of cities, crime safety beats 70%, and childcare runs $973 a month.
Compare Citrus Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Citrus Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Citrus Park 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.
Citrus Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Citrus Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Citrus Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Citrus Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Citrus Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Citrus Park 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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