Best PlacesCoral Springs, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coral Springs, 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.
Coral Springs ranks 229th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Its strengths are state infrastructure and low taxes. The cost shows up in disaster risk, car insurance costs, and summer heat.
The best neighborhoods in Coral Springs
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 Coral Springs
The parts of Coral Springs, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Windham & Heron Bay
Incomes run higher, local pay stretches further, and more adults hold degrees.
Kensington & North Springs
More households have young kids and more residents vote.
Pine Ridge & Butler Farms
Streets are more car-dependent and biking is worse.
Cypress Run & Cypress Glen
Crime runs lower, though homes cost more.
Shadow Wood, University Drive & Maplewood-Coral Springs
Scores close to Cypress Run & Cypress Glen, except that transit reaches more jobs here.
City Center-Coral Springs
Heat risk is higher and more homes sit empty.
R and D Park
Health care is harder to reach.
Forest Hills-Miami, Royal Land & Turtle Run
Scores close to R and D Park, except that it is quieter here.
Scores across Coral Springs run from about the 10th to the 87th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Coral Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Coral Springs lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air carry most of that.
The one real hole is disaster risk, near the bottom of the country. Car insurance costs and summer heat also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Coral Springs ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 76% of cities
- School gradeB, better than 74% of cities
Where Coral Springs ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of cities
- Short commute29.9 minutes each way, better than only 20% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Coral Springs
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coral Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,435, 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 Coral Springs' effective rate of 1.02%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coral Springs
Coral Springs runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coral Springs.
Who works in Coral Springs, and how
Work in Coral Springs 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 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Coral Springs
Coral Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities and more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coral Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coral Springs, month by month
Coral Springs sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Coral Springs
The nearest airport, Fort Lauderdale Exec, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, about 15 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coral Springs
Schools across Coral Springs average a B, better than 74% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Waters Edge Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Heron Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Imagine Schools At BrowardA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westglades Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Loggers' Run Community Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Lyons Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- West Boca Raton High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Coral Springs Charter SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coral Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coral Springs 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 Coral Springs against the other 444 cities.
Who Coral Springs suits
Common questions about living in Coral Springs
Is Coral Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coral Springs ranks 229th of 445 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coral Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $524,491. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $104,435 median income, cost of living beats 70% of cities.
Is Coral Springs safe?
Yes, Coral Springs is safer than 55% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coral Springs?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 59. That works out to about 81 pleasant days a year, more than 34% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Coral Springs?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Windham & Heron Bay, Kensington & North Springs, and Pine Ridge & Butler Farms. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Coral Springs good for families?
Schools beat 74% of cities, crime safety beats 55%, and childcare runs $969 a month.
Is Coral Springs good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 52% of cities. About 15% of workers already work from home.
Compare Coral Springs with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coral Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coral Springs 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.
Coral Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coral Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coral Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coral Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coral Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coral Springs 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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