Best PlacesDavenport, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Davenport, 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.
Davenport ranks 1,477th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Davenport
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 Davenport
The parts of Davenport, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Regal Palms at Highland Reserve, Legacy Park & Highlands Reserve
Royal Ridge
Sunridge Woods
Bridgewater at Town Center
Scores across Davenport run from about the 7th to the 70th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Davenport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Davenport ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of cities
Where Davenport ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Short commute37.6 minutes each way, better than only 2% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Davenport
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Davenport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $77,730; 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 Davenport's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Davenport
Davenport'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 Davenport.
Who works in Davenport, and how
Work in Davenport centers on arts & entertainment and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Davenport
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Davenport.
What the weather is like in Davenport, month by month
Davenport sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Davenport
Orlando International sits about 24 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 Davenport
Schools across Davenport average a C, better than 24% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Davenport School Of The ArtsA · 68% proficient
- Sawgrass Bay Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Polk City Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Windy Hill Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Horizon Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Lake Alfred Polytech AcademyB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- East Ridge High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Celebration High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Poinciana High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Davenport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Davenport 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 Davenport against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Davenport suits
Families
Schools land around the 24th percentile and crime safety beats 88%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Davenport
Is Davenport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Davenport ranks 1,477th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on empty homes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Davenport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,131. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $77,730 median income, cost of living beats 43% of cities.
Is Davenport safe?
Yes, Davenport is safer than 88% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $136 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Davenport?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 50. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Davenport?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Regal Palms at Highland Reserve, Legacy Park & Highlands Reserve, Royal Ridge, and Sunridge Woods. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Davenport with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Davenport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Davenport 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.
Davenport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Davenport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Davenport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Davenport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Davenport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Davenport 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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