Best PlacesLady Lake, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lady Lake, 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.
Lady Lake ranks 1,394th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Lady Lake
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 Lady Lake
The parts of Lady Lake, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Courtney Villages
Water Oaks Country Club Estates
Orange Blossom Gardens
Scores across Lady Lake run from about the 15th to the 84th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Lady Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lady Lake ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- QuietBetter than 90% of cities
Where Lady Lake ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Household income$62,054 median, better than only 11% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lady Lake
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lady Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,054, 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 Lady Lake's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Lady Lake
Lady Lake 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 Lady Lake.
Who works in Lady Lake, and how
Work in Lady Lake centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lady Lake
Lady Lake has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lady Lake and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lady Lake, month by month
Lady Lake sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Lady Lake
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lady Lake
Schools across Lady Lake average a B−, better than 53% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- The Villages Elementary Of Lady Lake SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tavares Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Carver Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Lake Weir Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Tavares High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Wildwood Middle/ High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Leesburg High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lady Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lady Lake 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 Lady Lake against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Lady Lake suits
Families
Schools land around the 53rd percentile and crime safety beats 92%.
Retirees
The weather beats 74% of cities, health care access beats 93%, and it is quieter than 90%.
Common questions about living in Lady Lake
Is Lady Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lady Lake ranks 1,394th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and health care access, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lady Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,085. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $62,054 median income, cost of living beats 23% of cities.
Is Lady Lake safe?
Yes, Lady Lake is safer than 92% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $134 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lady Lake?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 48. That works out to about 129 pleasant days a year, more than 74% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Lady Lake?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Courtney Villages, Water Oaks Country Club Estates, and Orange Blossom Gardens. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Lady Lake with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lady Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lady Lake 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.
Lady Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lady Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lady Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lady Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lady Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lady Lake 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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