Best PlacesIndian Shores, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Indian Shores, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Indian Shores ranks 6,047th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Indian Shores
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.
Indian Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Indian Shores ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Indian Shores ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Indian Shores
A household needs to earn about $182,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Indian Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $112,690, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Indian Shores' effective rate of 0.78%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Indian Shores
Indian Shores 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 Indian Shores.
Who works in Indian Shores, and how
Work in Indian Shores centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Indian Shores
The coast is about 0 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Indian Shores, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Indian Shores, month by month
Indian Shores sees roughly 150 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 Indian Shores
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 21 miles away.
The best schools in and around Indian Shores
Schools across Indian Shores average an A, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bauder Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Anona Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Oakhurst Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seminole Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Richard O Jacobson Technical High School At SeminoleA− · 64% proficient
- Seminole High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Indian Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Indian Shores 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 Indian Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Indian Shores
Is Indian Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Indian Shores ranks 6,047th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, health care access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on summer heat 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 Indian Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $698,645. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $112,690 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Indian Shores safe?
Indian Shores is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Indian Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Indian Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Indian Shores 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.
Indian Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Indian Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Indian Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Indian Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Indian Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Indian Shores 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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