Best PlacesFlagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale, 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.
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale ranks 1,815th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale
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.
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
Where Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $103,215; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale.
Who works in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale, and how
Work in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale centers on professional & technical and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale, month by month
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 60. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| April | 85° | 77° | 71° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 15.7 million passengers in 2025, with 180 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale
Schools across Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale average a B, better than 73% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Nova Blanche Forman ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nova Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale 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 Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale
Is Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale ranks 1,815th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and a strong job market, 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 Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $408,893. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $103,215 median income, cost of living beats 57% of neighborhoods.
Is Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale safe?
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale is safer than 45% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale 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.
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Flagler Heights, Fort Lauderdale 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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