Best PlacesHoliday, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holiday, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Holiday ranks 1,993rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holiday
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.
Holiday's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holiday ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 86% of cities
Where Holiday ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Household income$54,047 median, better than only 3% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Holiday
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holiday home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,047, 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 Holiday's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Holiday
Holiday runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holiday.
Who works in Holiday, and how
Work in Holiday centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Holiday
Holiday has more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Holiday and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holiday, month by month
Holiday sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Holiday
Tampa International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Holiday
Schools across Holiday average a C+, better than 42% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Trinity Oaks Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Tarpon Springs Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Mittye P. Locke Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seven Springs Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Tarpon Springs Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Gulf Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- James W. Mitchell High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Anclote High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Tarpon Springs High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holiday school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holiday 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 Holiday against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Holiday suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Holiday
Is Holiday a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holiday ranks 1,993rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holiday expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,402. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $54,047 median income, cost of living beats 7% of cities.
Is Holiday safe?
Holiday is safer than 42% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Holiday?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 52. That works out to about 147 pleasant days a year, more than 81% of cities.
Is Holiday good for families?
Schools beat 42% of cities, crime safety beats 42%, and childcare runs $900 a month.
Compare Holiday with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holiday. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holiday 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.
Holiday detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holiday: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holiday: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holiday: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holiday: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holiday 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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