Best PlacesDoctor Phillips, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Doctor Phillips, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Doctor Phillips ranks 5,388th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Doctor Phillips
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.
Doctor Phillips' strengths and weaknesses
Where Doctor Phillips ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
Where Doctor Phillips ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Doctor Phillips
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Doctor Phillips home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,485, 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 Doctor Phillips' 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Doctor Phillips
Doctor Phillips runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Doctor Phillips.
Who works in Doctor Phillips, and how
Work in Doctor Phillips centers on health care & social and arts & entertainment. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Doctor Phillips
Doctor Phillips has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Doctor Phillips and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Doctor Phillips, month by month
Doctor Phillips sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Doctor Phillips
Orlando International sits about 11 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 Doctor Phillips
Schools across Doctor Phillips average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bay Meadows ElementaryA · 71% proficient
- Dr. Phillips ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Sand Lake ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwest MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Dr. Phillips HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Doctor Phillips school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Doctor Phillips 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 Doctor Phillips against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Doctor Phillips
Is Doctor Phillips a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Doctor Phillips ranks 5,388th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, an educated workforce, and low taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Doctor Phillips expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $549,456. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $107,485 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Doctor Phillips safe?
Doctor Phillips is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
Compare Doctor Phillips with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Doctor Phillips. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Doctor Phillips 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.
Doctor Phillips detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Doctor Phillips: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Doctor Phillips: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Doctor Phillips: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Doctor Phillips: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Doctor Phillips 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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