Best PlacesFort Pierce, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Pierce, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort Pierce ranks 2,002nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Pierce
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.
The best areas in Fort Pierce
The parts of Fort Pierce, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
The Reserve
Bent Creek
South Beach & Seaside
Capron Lakes
White City & River Park
Downtown Fort Pierce
Scores across Fort Pierce run from about the 2nd to the 69th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Fort Pierce's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Pierce ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 110 pleasant days a year, better than 66% of cities
Where Fort Pierce ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Pierce
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Pierce home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,859, 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 Fort Pierce's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Fort Pierce
Fort Pierce runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Pierce.
Who works in Fort Pierce, and how
Work in Fort Pierce centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Fort Pierce
Fort Pierce has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fort Pierce and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Pierce, month by month
Fort Pierce sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 76, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| April | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Fort Pierce
The nearest airport, Vero Beach Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Palm Beach International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Pierce
Schools across Fort Pierce average a B, better than 57% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Fairlawn Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Rivers Edge Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Allapattah Flats K-8B · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Oaks Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Dan Mccarty Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Lincoln Park AcademyA− · 62% proficient
- Treasure Coast High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- St. Lucie West Centennial HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Pierce school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Pierce 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 Pierce against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Fort Pierce suits
Common questions about living in Fort Pierce
Is Fort Pierce a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Pierce ranks 2,002nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Pierce expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,218. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $62,859 median income, cost of living beats 18% of cities.
Is Fort Pierce safe?
Fort Pierce is safer than 18% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fort Pierce?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 76 with lows near 51. That works out to about 110 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Fort Pierce?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are The Reserve, Bent Creek, and South Beach & Seaside. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Fort Pierce with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Pierce. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Pierce 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 Pierce detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Pierce: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Pierce: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Pierce: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Pierce: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Pierce 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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