Best PlacesFlorida City, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Florida 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.
Florida City ranks 46,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Florida 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.
Florida City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Florida City ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Florida City ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Florida City
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Florida City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,892, 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 Florida City's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Florida City
Florida City runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Florida City.
Who works in Florida City, and how
Work in Florida City centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Florida City
Florida City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. The coast is about 18 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Florida City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Florida City, month by month
Florida City sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 85° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Florida City
Miami International sits about 28 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Florida City
Schools across Florida City average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plantation Key SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Lincoln-marti Schools International CampusB+ · 55% proficient
- Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning CenterC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Dade Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Homestead Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Miami Community Charter Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Coral Shores High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Charter High School Of The Americas (florida City Campus)C · 31% proficient
- Miami Community Charter High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Florida City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Florida 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 Florida City against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Florida City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Florida City
Is Florida City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Florida City ranks 46,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, transit, and biking, 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 Florida City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,032. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $50,892 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Florida City safe?
Florida City is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Florida City?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 59. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of towns.
Is Florida City good for families?
Schools beat 47% of towns, crime safety beats 19%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare Florida City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Florida City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Florida 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.
Florida City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Florida City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Florida City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Florida City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Florida City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Florida 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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