Best PlacesJupiter, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jupiter, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Jupiter ranks 845th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jupiter
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 Jupiter
The parts of Jupiter, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Mallory Creek at Abacoa, Abacoa Town Center & Cambridge at Abacoa
North Palm Beach Heights
Cinquez Park
Pines on Pennock Lane
Newhaven at Abacoa & River at the Bluffs
Jupiter Village & Mallards Cove
Jupiter Lakes, Sea Lofters & Pine Gardens
Scores across Jupiter run from about the 24th to the 94th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Jupiter's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jupiter ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 85% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of cities
Where Jupiter ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Jupiter
A household needs to earn about $184,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jupiter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $120,413, 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 Jupiter's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jupiter
Jupiter runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jupiter.
Who works in Jupiter, and how
Work in Jupiter centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Jupiter
Jupiter has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 97% of cities. The coast is about 6 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Jupiter and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jupiter, month by month
Jupiter sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 57. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| April | 85° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Jupiter
Palm Beach International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Jupiter
Schools across Jupiter average an A−, better than 86% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Beacon Cove Intermediate SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Marsh Pointe ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Limestone Creek Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- Independence Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Western Pines Community MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Jupiter Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Jupiter High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- William T. Dwyer High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- South Fork High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jupiter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jupiter 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 Jupiter against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Jupiter suits
Retirees
The weather beats 57% of cities and health care access beats 75%.
Common questions about living in Jupiter
Is Jupiter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jupiter ranks 845th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jupiter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $701,087. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $120,413 median income, cost of living beats 68% of cities.
Is Jupiter safe?
Yes, Jupiter 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 Jupiter?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 57. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 57% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Jupiter?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Mallory Creek at Abacoa, Abacoa Town Center & Cambridge at Abacoa, North Palm Beach Heights, and Cinquez Park. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Jupiter with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jupiter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jupiter 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.
Jupiter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jupiter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jupiter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jupiter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jupiter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jupiter 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.