Best PlacesClermont, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clermont, 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.
Clermont ranks 665th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clermont
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.
The best areas in Clermont
The parts of Clermont, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Heritage Hills
Summit Greens & Skyridge Valley
Nottingham at Legends
Lost Lake & Crown Pointe
Lake Highlands South, Highlander Estates & Lakewood Ridge
Indian Hills
Scores across Clermont run from about the 24th to the 93rd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Clermont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clermont ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- QuietBetter than 90% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 90% of cities
Where Clermont ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of cities
- Short commute31.7 minutes each way, better than only 16% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Clermont
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clermont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $90,977, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Clermont's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Clermont
Clermont runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clermont.
Who works in Clermont, and how
Work in Clermont centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Clermont
Clermont has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Clermont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clermont, month by month
Clermont sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Clermont
Orlando International sits about 27 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Clermont
Schools across Clermont average a B+, better than 74% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Cypress Ridge Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Imagine Schools At South LakeA+ · 78% proficient
- Whispering Oak ElementaryA+ · 77% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunridge MiddleA · 65% proficient
- East Ridge Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- South Sumter Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Pinecrest Lakes Middle/high AcademyA · 70% proficient
- East Ridge High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Lake Minneola High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clermont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clermont 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 Clermont against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Clermont suits
Common questions about living in Clermont
Is Clermont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clermont ranks 665th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat 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 Clermont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $413,334. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $90,977 median income, cost of living beats 64% of cities.
Is Clermont safe?
Yes, Clermont is safer than 97% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $111 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Clermont?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 48. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Clermont?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Heritage Hills, Summit Greens & Skyridge Valley, and Nottingham at Legends. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Clermont with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clermont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clermont 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.
Clermont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clermont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clermont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clermont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clermont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clermont 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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