Best PlacesGotha, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gotha, 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.
Gotha ranks 10,529th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gotha
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.
Gotha's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gotha ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where Gotha ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gotha
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gotha home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,831, 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 Gotha's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gotha
Gotha 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 Gotha.
Who works in Gotha, and how
Work in Gotha centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Gotha
Gotha has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Gotha and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gotha, month by month
Gotha 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 Gotha
Orlando International sits about 15 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 Gotha
Schools across Gotha average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thornebrooke ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Westbrooke ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Ocoee ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunridge MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Gotha MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Ocoee MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- West Orange HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Olympia HighB · 45% proficient
- Ocoee HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gotha school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gotha 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 Gotha against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gotha
Is Gotha a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gotha ranks 10,529th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, transit, and low taxes, and lowest on noise and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gotha expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $464,270. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $96,831 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Gotha safe?
Gotha is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Gotha with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gotha. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gotha 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.
Gotha detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gotha: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gotha: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gotha: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gotha: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gotha 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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