Best PlacesDade City, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dade City, 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.
Dade City ranks 1,728th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dade City
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.
Dade City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dade City ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- QuietBetter than 92% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of cities
Where Dade City ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Dade City
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dade City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,517; 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 Dade City's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Dade City
Dade City's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Dade City.
Who works in Dade City, and how
Work in Dade City centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dade City
Dade City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities. The coast is about 41 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Dade City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dade City, month by month
Dade City sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 86° | 74° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Dade City
Tampa International sits about 34 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 Dade City
Schools across Dade City average a B−, better than 50% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Academy At The FarmA · 67% proficient
- Webster Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- San Antonio Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Sumter Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- D. S. Parrott Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Centennial Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Pasco High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- South Sumter High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Zephyrhills High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dade City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dade City 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 Dade City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Dade City suits
Families
Schools land around the 50th percentile and crime safety beats 69%.
Common questions about living in Dade City
Is Dade City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dade City ranks 1,728th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on internet speeds and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dade City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,748. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,517 median income, cost of living beats 33% of cities.
Is Dade City safe?
Yes, Dade City is safer than 69% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dade City?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 47. That works out to about 106 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of cities.
Is Dade City good for families?
Schools beat 50% of cities, crime safety beats 69%, and childcare runs $899 a month.
Compare Dade City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dade City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dade City 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.
Dade City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dade City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dade City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dade City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dade City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dade City 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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