Best PlacesDavie Heights, Davie, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Davie Heights, Davie, 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.
Davie Heights, Davie ranks 4,534th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Davie Heights, Davie
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.
Davie Heights, Davie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Davie Heights, Davie ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Davie Heights, Davie ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Davie Heights, Davie
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Davie Heights, Davie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,549, 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 Davie Heights, Davie's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Davie Heights, Davie
Davie Heights, Davie 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 Davie Heights, Davie.
Who works in Davie Heights, Davie, and how
Work in Davie Heights, Davie centers on other services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Davie Heights, Davie
Davie Heights, Davie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Davie Heights, Davie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Davie Heights, Davie, month by month
Davie Heights, Davie sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 60. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| April | 85° | 77° | 71° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Davie Heights, Davie
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 15.7 million passengers in 2025, with 180 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Davie Heights, Davie
Schools across Davie Heights, Davie average a B, better than 70% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Somerset Academy Davie Charter SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Silver Ridge Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Nova Blanche Forman ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nova Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Davie Heights, Davie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Davie Heights, Davie 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 Davie Heights, Davie against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Davie Heights, Davie
Is Davie Heights, Davie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Davie Heights, Davie ranks 4,534th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and cell coverage, 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 Davie Heights, Davie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $329,410. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $62,549 median income, cost of living beats 18% of neighborhoods.
Is Davie Heights, Davie safe?
Davie Heights, Davie is safer than 52% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $284 per resident a year.
Compare Davie Heights, Davie with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Davie Heights, Davie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Davie Heights, Davie 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.
Davie Heights, Davie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Davie Heights, Davie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Davie Heights, Davie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Davie Heights, Davie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Davie Heights, Davie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Davie Heights, Davie 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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