Best PlacesEast Lake-Orient Park, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Lake-Orient Park, 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.
East Lake-Orient Park ranks 1,881st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Lake-Orient Park
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.
East Lake-Orient Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Lake-Orient Park ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of cities
- TransitBetter than 78% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of cities
Where East Lake-Orient Park ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Household income$59,794 median, better than only 8% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in East Lake-Orient Park
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Lake-Orient Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,794, 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 East Lake-Orient Park's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Lake-Orient Park
East Lake-Orient Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Lake-Orient Park.
Who works in East Lake-Orient Park, and how
Work in East Lake-Orient Park centers on health care & social and admin & support services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in East Lake-Orient Park
East Lake-Orient Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of East Lake-Orient Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Lake-Orient Park, month by month
East Lake-Orient Park sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of East Lake-Orient Park
Tampa International sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around East Lake-Orient Park
Schools across East Lake-Orient Park average a B−, better than 45% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- The Collaboratory Preparatory AcademyC− · 28% proficient
- Kenly Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mann Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Burnett Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Jennings Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Tampa Bay Tech High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- King High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Blake High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Lake-Orient Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Lake-Orient Park 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 East Lake-Orient Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who East Lake-Orient Park suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in East Lake-Orient Park
Is East Lake-Orient Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Lake-Orient Park ranks 1,881st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Lake-Orient Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,395. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $59,794 median income, cost of living beats 9% of cities.
Is East Lake-Orient Park safe?
East Lake-Orient Park is safer than 7% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $354 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in East Lake-Orient Park?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 50. That works out to about 132 pleasant days a year, more than 76% of cities.
Is East Lake-Orient Park good for families?
Schools beat 45% of cities, crime safety beats 7%, and childcare runs $973 a month.
Compare East Lake-Orient Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Lake-Orient Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Lake-Orient Park 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.
East Lake-Orient Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Lake-Orient Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Lake-Orient Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Lake-Orient Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Lake-Orient Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Lake-Orient Park 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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