Best PlacesFloral City, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Floral City, 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.
Floral City ranks 40,518th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Floral City
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.
Floral City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Floral City ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Floral City ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Floral City
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Floral City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $56,219; 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 Floral City's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Floral City
Floral City runs older 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 Floral City.
Who works in Floral City, and how
Work in Floral City centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Floral City
The coast is about 45 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Floral City, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Floral City, month by month
Floral City sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 45° |
| April | 83° | 70° | 58° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 84° | 73° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Floral City
Tampa International sits about 54 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 Floral City
Schools across Floral City average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Panasoffkee Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Inverness Primary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Sumter Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Inverness Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Camp E-nini HasseeA · 75% proficient
- Citrus High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- South Sumter High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Floral City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Floral City 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 Floral City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Floral City
Is Floral City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Floral City ranks 40,518th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Floral City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,512. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $56,219 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Floral City safe?
Yes, Floral City is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $188 per resident a year.
Compare Floral City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Floral City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Floral City 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.
Floral City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Floral City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Floral City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Floral City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Floral City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Floral City 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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