Best PlacesFort Green, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Green, 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.
Fort Green ranks 23,471st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Green
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 Green's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Green ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
Where Fort Green ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Green
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Green home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,250, 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 Green's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Green
Fort Green 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 Fort Green.
Who works in Fort Green, and how
Work in Fort Green centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fort Green
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Green.
What the weather is like in Fort Green, month by month
Fort Green sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 60° | 51° |
| April | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 85° | 76° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Fort Green
The nearest airport, Sarasota/Bradenton International, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 44 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Green
Schools across Fort Green average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bowling Green Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Floral Avenue Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bartow Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Bartow Senior High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Hardee Junior High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Green school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Green 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 Green against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Green
Is Fort Green a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Green ranks 23,471st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state infrastructure, and low taxes, 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 Fort Green expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $80,300. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $81,250 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Fort Green safe?
Fort Green is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Green with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Green. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Green 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 Green detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Green: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Green: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Green: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Green: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Green 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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