Best PlacesHorizon West, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Horizon West, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Horizon West ranks 187th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Horizon West
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 Horizon West
The parts of Horizon West, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Eden Isle & Summerport
Signature Lakes
Lakes of Windermere
Scores across Horizon West run from about the 68th to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Horizon West's strengths and weaknesses
Where Horizon West ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of cities
Where Horizon West ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 12% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Horizon West
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Horizon West home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $127,188; 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 Horizon West's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Horizon West
Horizon West 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 Horizon West.
Who works in Horizon West, and how
Work in Horizon West centers on arts & entertainment and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Horizon West
Horizon West has more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Horizon West and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Horizon West, month by month
Horizon West sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Horizon West
Orlando International sits about 18 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 Horizon West
Schools across Horizon West average an A, better than 92% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Independence ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Summerlake ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
- Windermere ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridgewater MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Sunridge MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Horizon West MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- West Orange HighB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Horizon West school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Horizon West 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 Horizon West against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Horizon West suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 89% of cities and 30% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Horizon West
Is Horizon West a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Horizon West ranks 187th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and state infrastructure, and lowest on an overheated housing market and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Horizon West expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $526,768. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $127,188 median income, cost of living beats 89% of cities.
Is Horizon West safe?
Yes, Horizon West is safer than 95% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $114 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Horizon West?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 50. That works out to about 138 pleasant days a year, more than 79% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Horizon West?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Eden Isle & Summerport, Signature Lakes, and Lakes of Windermere. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Horizon West with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Horizon West. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Horizon West 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.
Horizon West detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Horizon West: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Horizon West: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Horizon West: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Horizon West: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Horizon West 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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