Best PlacesImmokalee, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Immokalee, 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.
Immokalee ranks 1,834th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Immokalee
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.
Immokalee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Immokalee ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 89% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of cities
Where Immokalee ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Immokalee
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Immokalee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $66,884; 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 Immokalee's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Immokalee
Immokalee 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 Immokalee.
Who works in Immokalee, and how
Work in Immokalee centers on admin & support services and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Immokalee
Immokalee has more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. The coast is about 49 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Immokalee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Immokalee, month by month
Immokalee sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 76, with lows near 53. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| April | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 88° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Immokalee
Southwest Florida International sits about 22 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Immokalee
Schools across Immokalee average a B−, better than 51% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Estates Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Highlands Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Sabal Palm Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Corkscrew Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Cypress Palm Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Clewiston Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Palmetto Ridge High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Labelle High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Clewiston High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Immokalee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Immokalee 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 Immokalee against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Immokalee suits
Families
Schools land around the 51st percentile and crime safety beats 71%.
Common questions about living in Immokalee
Is Immokalee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Immokalee ranks 1,834th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Immokalee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,870. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $66,884 median income, cost of living beats 9% of cities.
Is Immokalee safe?
Yes, Immokalee is safer than 71% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Immokalee?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 76 with lows near 53. That works out to about 128 pleasant days a year, more than 73% of cities.
Is Immokalee good for families?
Schools beat 51% of cities, crime safety beats 71%, and childcare runs $973 a month.
Compare Immokalee with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Immokalee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Immokalee 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.
Immokalee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Immokalee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Immokalee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Immokalee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Immokalee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Immokalee 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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