Best PlacesDaytona Highridge Estates, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Daytona Highridge Estates, 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.
Daytona Highridge Estates ranks 44,609th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Daytona Highridge Estates
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.
Daytona Highridge Estates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Daytona Highridge Estates ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Daytona Highridge Estates ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Daytona Highridge Estates
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Daytona Highridge Estates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,975, 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 Daytona Highridge Estates' effective rate of 0.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Daytona Highridge Estates
Daytona Highridge Estates's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Daytona Highridge Estates.
Who works in Daytona Highridge Estates, and how
Work in Daytona Highridge Estates centers on admin & support services and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Daytona Highridge Estates
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Daytona Highridge Estates, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Daytona Highridge Estates, month by month
Daytona Highridge Estates sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 85° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Daytona Highridge Estates
The nearest airport, Daytona Beach International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Daytona Highridge Estates
Schools across Daytona Highridge Estates average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sweetwater Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Volusia Pines Elementary SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Palm Terrace Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Silver Sands Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Deland Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Campbell Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Atlantic High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Deland High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Mainland High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Daytona Highridge Estates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Daytona Highridge Estates 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 Daytona Highridge Estates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Daytona Highridge Estates
Is Daytona Highridge Estates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Daytona Highridge Estates ranks 44,609th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, few empty homes, and transit, and lowest on crime and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Daytona Highridge Estates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,100. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $63,975 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Daytona Highridge Estates safe?
Daytona Highridge Estates is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $740 per resident a year.
Compare Daytona Highridge Estates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Daytona Highridge Estates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Daytona Highridge Estates 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.
Daytona Highridge Estates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Daytona Highridge Estates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Daytona Highridge Estates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Daytona Highridge Estates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Daytona Highridge Estates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Daytona Highridge Estates 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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