Best PlacesKelsey City, Lake Park, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kelsey City, Lake Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kelsey City, Lake Park ranks 3,913th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Kelsey City, Lake Park
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.
Kelsey City, Lake Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kelsey City, Lake Park ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Kelsey City, Lake Park ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Kelsey City, Lake Park
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kelsey City, Lake Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,228, 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 Kelsey City, Lake Park's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kelsey City, Lake Park
Kelsey City, Lake Park 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 Kelsey City, Lake Park.
Who works in Kelsey City, Lake Park, and how
Work in Kelsey City, Lake Park centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Kelsey City, Lake Park
Kelsey City, Lake Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Kelsey City, Lake Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kelsey City, Lake Park, month by month
Kelsey City, Lake Park sees roughly 89 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 Kelsey City, Lake Park
Palm Beach International sits about 8 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 Kelsey City, Lake Park
Schools across Kelsey City, Lake Park average a C+, better than 52% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Howell L. Watkins Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Palm Beach Gardens High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kelsey City, Lake Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kelsey City, Lake Park 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 Kelsey City, Lake Park against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Kelsey City, Lake Park
Is Kelsey City, Lake Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kelsey City, Lake Park ranks 3,913th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and cell coverage, 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 Kelsey City, Lake Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $347,463. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $72,228 median income, cost of living beats 36% of neighborhoods.
Is Kelsey City, Lake Park safe?
Kelsey City, Lake Park is safer than 43% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Kelsey City, Lake Park with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kelsey City, Lake Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kelsey City, Lake Park 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.
Kelsey City, Lake Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kelsey City, Lake Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kelsey City, Lake Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kelsey City, Lake Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kelsey City, Lake Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kelsey City, Lake Park 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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