Best PlacesHorseshoe Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Horseshoe Beach, 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.
Horseshoe Beach ranks 43,834th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Horseshoe Beach
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.
Horseshoe Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Horseshoe Beach ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
Where Horseshoe Beach ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Horseshoe Beach
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Horseshoe Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,561, 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 Horseshoe Beach's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Horseshoe Beach
Horseshoe Beach runs older 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 Horseshoe Beach.
Who works in Horseshoe Beach, and how
Work in Horseshoe Beach centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Horseshoe Beach
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Horseshoe Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Horseshoe Beach, month by month
Horseshoe Beach sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 41° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 56° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Horseshoe Beach
The nearest airport, Gainesville Regional, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Horseshoe Beach
Schools across Horseshoe Beach average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Old Town Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- James M. Anderson Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Chiefland Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ruth Rains Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Dixie County High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Horseshoe Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Horseshoe Beach 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 Horseshoe Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Horseshoe Beach
Is Horseshoe Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Horseshoe Beach ranks 43,834th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Horseshoe Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,823. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $58,561 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Horseshoe Beach safe?
Horseshoe Beach is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $380 per resident a year.
Compare Horseshoe Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Horseshoe Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Horseshoe Beach 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.
Horseshoe Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Horseshoe Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Horseshoe Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Horseshoe Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Horseshoe Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Horseshoe Beach 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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