Best PlacesDuval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville ranks 5,230th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville
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.
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
Where Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville ranks low
- Household income$37,266 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $37,266, 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 Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville.
Who works in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville, and how
Work in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville has more parkland per resident than 93% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville, month by month
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville
The nearest airport, Gainesville Regional, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville
Schools across Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville average a B−, better than 64% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Joseph Williams Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- W. A. Metcalfe Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Lake Forest Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Howard W. Bishop Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Abraham Lincoln Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Westwood Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Gainesville High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Eastside High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville 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 Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville
Is Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville ranks 5,230th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on low incomes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,195. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $37,266 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville safe?
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville is safer than 34% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville 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.
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Duval-Eagle Eyes Crime Watch, Gainesville 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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