Best PlacesHoliday Park, Palm Bay, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holiday Park, Palm Bay, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Holiday Park, Palm Bay ranks 4,405th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holiday Park, Palm Bay
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 Park, Palm Bay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holiday Park, Palm Bay ranks high
- School gradeA−, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Holiday Park, Palm Bay ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Holiday Park, Palm Bay
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holiday Park, Palm Bay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $55,761; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Park, Palm Bay's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 4 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 Park, Palm Bay
Holiday Park, Palm Bay 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 Park, Palm Bay.
Who works in Holiday Park, Palm Bay, and how
Work in Holiday Park, Palm Bay centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Holiday Park, Palm Bay
The coast is about 17 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Holiday Park, Palm Bay, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holiday Park, Palm Bay, month by month
Holiday Park, Palm Bay sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| April | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Holiday Park, Palm Bay
The nearest airport, Melbourne Orlando International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holiday Park, Palm Bay
Schools across Holiday Park, Palm Bay average an A−, better than 97% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- W. Melbourne Elementary School For ScienceA+ · 85% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southwest Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Stone Magnet Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- West Shore Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holiday Park, Palm Bay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holiday Park, Palm Bay 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 Park, Palm Bay against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Holiday Park, Palm Bay
Is Holiday Park, Palm Bay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holiday Park, Palm Bay ranks 4,405th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on good schools, fast internet, and state infrastructure, 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 Holiday Park, Palm Bay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,084. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $55,761 median income, cost of living beats 30% of neighborhoods.
Is Holiday Park, Palm Bay safe?
Yes, Holiday Park, Palm Bay is safer than 71% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.
Compare Holiday Park, Palm Bay with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holiday Park, Palm Bay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holiday Park, Palm Bay 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 Park, Palm Bay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holiday Park, Palm Bay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holiday Park, Palm Bay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holiday Park, Palm Bay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holiday Park, Palm Bay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holiday Park, Palm Bay 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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