Best PlacesDeerfield Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deerfield Beach, 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.
Deerfield Beach ranks 2,016th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Deerfield Beach
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.
Deerfield Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deerfield Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- BikingBetter than 91% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of cities
Where Deerfield Beach ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Deerfield Beach
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deerfield Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,403, 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 Deerfield Beach'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 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 Deerfield Beach
Deerfield Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Deerfield Beach.
Who works in Deerfield Beach, and how
Work in Deerfield Beach centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Deerfield Beach
Deerfield Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. The coast is about 6 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Deerfield Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Deerfield Beach, month by month
Deerfield Beach sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 60. The comfortable stretch runs December through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| April | 85° | 77° | 70° |
| July | 91° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Deerfield Beach
The nearest airport, Fort Lauderdale Exec, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, about 16 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deerfield Beach
Schools across Deerfield Beach average a C+, better than 31% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Addison Mizner SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Winston Park Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Quiet Waters Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boca Raton Community Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Lyons Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Nova Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Boca Raton Community High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Monarch High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Deerfield Beach High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deerfield Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deerfield Beach 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 Deerfield Beach against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Deerfield Beach suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Deerfield Beach
Is Deerfield Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deerfield Beach ranks 2,016th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and biking, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deerfield Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $336,875. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $64,403 median income, cost of living beats 7% of cities.
Is Deerfield Beach safe?
Deerfield Beach is safer than 7% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $348 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Deerfield Beach?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 60. That works out to about 81 pleasant days a year, more than 45% of cities.
Is Deerfield Beach good for families?
Schools beat 31% of cities, crime safety beats 7%, and childcare runs $969 a month.
Compare Deerfield Beach with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deerfield Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deerfield Beach 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.
Deerfield Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deerfield Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deerfield Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deerfield Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deerfield Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deerfield Beach 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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