Best PlacesForest Park, Pine Hills, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forest Park, Pine Hills, 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.
Forest Park, Pine Hills ranks 5,391st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Forest Park, Pine Hills
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.
Forest Park, Pine Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Forest Park, Pine Hills ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
Where Forest Park, Pine Hills ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Forest Park, Pine Hills
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forest Park, Pine Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $45,693, 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 Forest Park, Pine Hills' effective rate of 0.38%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Forest Park, Pine Hills
Forest Park, Pine Hills 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 Forest Park, Pine Hills.
Who works in Forest Park, Pine Hills, and how
Work in Forest Park, Pine Hills centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Forest Park, Pine Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Forest Park, Pine Hills.
What the weather is like in Forest Park, Pine Hills, month by month
Forest Park, Pine Hills sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Forest Park, Pine Hills
Orlando International sits about 14 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Forest Park, Pine Hills
Schools across Forest Park, Pine Hills average a D+, better than 21% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Rolling Hills ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Pine Hills ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
- Ridgewood Park ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meadowbrook MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Maynard Evans HighC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forest Park, Pine Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forest Park, Pine Hills 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 Forest Park, Pine Hills against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Forest Park, Pine Hills
Is Forest Park, Pine Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forest Park, Pine Hills ranks 5,391st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, low property taxes, and few empty homes, 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 Forest Park, Pine Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $279,700. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $45,693 median income, cost of living beats 15% of neighborhoods.
Is Forest Park, Pine Hills safe?
Forest Park, Pine Hills is safer than 22% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $435 per resident a year.
Compare Forest Park, Pine Hills with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forest Park, Pine Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forest Park, Pine Hills 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.
Forest Park, Pine Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forest Park, Pine Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forest Park, Pine Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forest Park, Pine Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forest Park, Pine Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forest Park, Pine Hills 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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