Best PlacesKissimmee, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kissimmee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kissimmee ranks 370th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on long commutes and empty homes. It does better on state infrastructure, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Kissimmee
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 Kissimmee
The parts of Kissimmee, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Raintree, Oak Hollow & Villa Sol Village
Fewer homes sit empty, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Amber Pointe & Emerald Lake
More households have young kids, though heat risk is higher.
Brighton Lakes, Waterway Village & Doral Pointe
More residents vote, though biking is worse.
Bellalago, Kissimmee Oaks Golf Club & Concorde Estates
It is quieter, though commutes are longer.
Tropical Isle & Lake Berkley
Tree cover is thicker, though transit reaches fewer jobs.
Indian Wells, Compass Bay & Vacation Village at Parkway
More adults hold degrees, though crime runs higher.
Orange Gardens, The Gables at Lakeside & Victoria Park-Orlando
Streets are more walkable, though health care is harder to reach.
Bermuda Estates, Flora Ridge & Cypress Reserve
Heritage Key, Remington & North Kissimmee
Homes cost less and prices have run up less.
Scores across Kissimmee run from about the 4th to the 85th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Kissimmee's strengths and weaknesses
Kissimmee ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. State infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: long commutes, empty homes, and an overheated housing market all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Kissimmee ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 76% of cities
- QuietBetter than 75% of cities
Where Kissimmee ranks low
- Short commute34.2 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Kissimmee
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kissimmee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,021, 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 Kissimmee's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kissimmee
Kissimmee runs younger 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 Kissimmee.
Who works in Kissimmee, and how
Work in Kissimmee centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Kissimmee
Kissimmee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Kissimmee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kissimmee, month by month
Kissimmee sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Kissimmee
Orlando International sits about 12 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kissimmee
Schools across Kissimmee average a C+, better than 44% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Independence ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Keenes Crossing ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Celebration SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridgewater MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Narcoossee Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- St. Cloud Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Neocity AcademyA+ · 88% proficient
- Osceola County School For The ArtsA+ · 83% proficient
- Professional & Technical High SchoolA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kissimmee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kissimmee 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 Kissimmee against the other 444 cities.
Who Kissimmee suits
Common questions about living in Kissimmee
Is Kissimmee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kissimmee ranks 370th of 445 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kissimmee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,362. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,021 median income, cost of living beats 27% of cities.
Is Kissimmee safe?
Kissimmee is safer than 45% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kissimmee?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 50. That works out to about 139 pleasant days a year, more than 69% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Kissimmee?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Raintree, Oak Hollow & Villa Sol Village, Amber Pointe & Emerald Lake, and Brighton Lakes, Waterway Village & Doral Pointe. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Kissimmee good for families?
Schools beat 44% of cities, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $857 a month.
Is Kissimmee good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 27% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 44% of cities. About 12% of workers already work from home.
Compare Kissimmee with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kissimmee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kissimmee 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.
Kissimmee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kissimmee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kissimmee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kissimmee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kissimmee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kissimmee 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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