Best PlacesDekle Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dekle 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.
Dekle Beach ranks 36,703rd of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Dekle 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.
Dekle Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dekle Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Dekle Beach ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dekle Beach
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dekle Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,656, 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 Dekle Beach's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Dekle Beach
Dekle Beach 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 Dekle Beach.
Who works in Dekle Beach, and how
Work in Dekle Beach centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dekle Beach
The coast is about 33 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Dekle Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dekle Beach, month by month
Dekle Beach sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 41° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 56° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Dekle Beach
The nearest airport, Valdosta Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dekle Beach
Schools across Dekle Beach average a B, better than 61% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Taylor County Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Taylor County High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dekle Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dekle 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 Dekle Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dekle Beach
Is Dekle Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dekle Beach ranks 36,703rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and tree cover, 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 Dekle Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $69,800. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $57,656 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Dekle Beach safe?
Dekle Beach is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $370 per resident a year.
Compare Dekle Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dekle Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dekle 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.
Dekle Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dekle Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dekle Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dekle Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dekle Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dekle 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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