Best PlacesCoconut Creek, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coconut Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coconut Creek ranks 1,614th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coconut Creek
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 Coconut Creek
The parts of Coconut Creek, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Hillsboro Center
Lyons Tradewinds Park
Lakewood Plaza & Coconut Creek Plaza
Scores across Coconut Creek run from about the 14th to the 62nd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Coconut Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coconut Creek ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- BikingBetter than 94% of cities
- TransitBetter than 86% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of cities
Where Coconut Creek ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 21% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Coconut Creek
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coconut Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,422, 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 Coconut Creek's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek'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 Coconut Creek.
Who works in Coconut Creek, and how
Work in Coconut Creek centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities and more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coconut Creek and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coconut Creek, month by month
Coconut Creek sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 60. The comfortable stretch runs December through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| April | 85° | 77° | 70° |
| July | 91° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Coconut Creek
The nearest airport, Fort Lauderdale Exec, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, about 14 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coconut Creek
Schools across Coconut Creek average a B, better than 61% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Heron Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Riverglades Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Tradewinds Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westglades Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Lyons Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Forest Glen Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Broward Virtual FranchiseA+ · 82% proficient
- Atlantic Technical CollegeA · 74% proficient
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coconut Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coconut Creek 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 Coconut Creek against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Coconut Creek suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Coconut Creek
Is Coconut Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coconut Creek ranks 1,614th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and biking, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coconut Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $399,722. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $80,422 median income, cost of living beats 36% of cities.
Is Coconut Creek safe?
Coconut Creek is safer than 21% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coconut Creek?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 60. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Coconut Creek?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hillsboro Center, Lyons Tradewinds Park, and Lakewood Plaza & Coconut Creek Plaza. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Coconut Creek with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coconut Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coconut Creek 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.
Coconut Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coconut Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coconut Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coconut Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coconut Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coconut Creek 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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