Best PlacesJensen Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jensen 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.
Jensen Beach ranks 18,239th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jensen 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.
Jensen Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jensen Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Jensen Beach ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jensen Beach
A household needs to earn about $112,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jensen Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,411, 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 Jensen Beach's 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jensen Beach
Jensen Beach 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 Jensen Beach.
Who works in Jensen Beach, and how
Work in Jensen Beach centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Jensen Beach
Jensen Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Jensen Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jensen Beach, month by month
Jensen Beach sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 58. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 66° | 58° |
| April | 83° | 76° | 69° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 77° |
| October | 85° | 79° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Jensen Beach
The nearest airport, Vero Beach Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Palm Beach International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jensen Beach
Schools across Jensen Beach average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jensen Beach Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Felix A Williams Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Allapattah Flats K-8B · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stuart Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Southern Oaks Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Jensen Beach High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Treasure Coast High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jensen Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jensen 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 Jensen Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jensen Beach
Is Jensen Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jensen Beach ranks 18,239th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and walkability, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jensen Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $429,365. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $78,411 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Jensen Beach safe?
Yes, Jensen Beach is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $124 per resident a year.
Compare Jensen Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jensen Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jensen 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.
Jensen Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jensen Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jensen Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jensen Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jensen Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jensen 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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