Best PlacesFort George Island, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort George Island, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort George Island ranks 1,232nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort George Island
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.
Fort George Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort George Island ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$130,489 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Fort George Island ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort George Island
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort George Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $130,489, 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 Fort George Island's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fort George Island
Fort George Island runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort George Island.
Who works in Fort George Island, and how
Work in Fort George Island centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fort George Island
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Fort George Island, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort George Island, month by month
Fort George Island sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 75° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Fort George Island
Jacksonville International sits about 16 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.7 million passengers in 2025, with 86 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fort George Island
Schools across Fort George Island average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grasp AcademyD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Landmark Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Oceanway SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Joseph Stilwell Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- First Coast High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort George Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort George Island 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 Fort George Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort George Island
Is Fort George Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort George Island ranks 1,232nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort George Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $448,400. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $130,489 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Fort George Island safe?
Yes, Fort George Island is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $77 per resident a year.
Compare Fort George Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort George Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort George Island 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.
Fort George Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort George Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort George Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort George Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort George Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort George Island 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.