Best PlacesCurtis Mill, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Curtis Mill, 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.
Curtis Mill ranks 40,839th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Curtis Mill
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.
Curtis Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Curtis Mill ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 74% of towns
Where Curtis Mill ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Curtis Mill
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Curtis Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,499, 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 Curtis Mill's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Curtis Mill
Curtis Mill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Curtis Mill.
Who works in Curtis Mill, and how
Work in Curtis Mill centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Curtis Mill
The coast is about 24 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Curtis Mill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Curtis Mill, month by month
Curtis Mill sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 40° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Curtis Mill
The nearest airport, Tallahassee International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Curtis Mill
Schools across Curtis Mill average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Medart Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Hosford Elementary Junior High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wakulla Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty County High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Wakulla High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Curtis Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Curtis Mill 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 Curtis Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Curtis Mill
Is Curtis Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Curtis Mill ranks 40,839th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on internet speeds and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Curtis Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,524. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $77,499 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Curtis Mill safe?
Curtis Mill is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Curtis Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Curtis Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Curtis Mill 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.
Curtis Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Curtis Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Curtis Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Curtis Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Curtis Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Curtis Mill 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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