Best PlacesKenansville, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kenansville, 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.
Kenansville ranks 28,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kenansville
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.
Kenansville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kenansville ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
Where Kenansville ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kenansville
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kenansville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,424, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Kenansville's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Kenansville
Kenansville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kenansville.
Who works in Kenansville, and how
Work in Kenansville centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kenansville
The coast is about 59 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kenansville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kenansville, month by month
Kenansville sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| April | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Kenansville
The nearest airport, Melbourne Orlando International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kenansville
Schools across Kenansville average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harmony Community SchoolA · 65% proficient
- St. Cloud Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Narcoossee Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- St. Cloud Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Harmony High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kenansville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kenansville 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 Kenansville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kenansville
Is Kenansville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kenansville ranks 28,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on civic engagement and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kenansville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,288. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $89,424 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Kenansville safe?
Kenansville is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
Compare Kenansville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kenansville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kenansville 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.
Kenansville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kenansville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kenansville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kenansville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kenansville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kenansville 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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