Best PlacesLakewood Park, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakewood Park, 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.
Lakewood Park ranks 36,522nd of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Lakewood 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.
Lakewood Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakewood Park ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Lakewood Park ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Short commute34.1 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakewood Park
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakewood Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $66,586; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lakewood Park's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Lakewood Park
Lakewood Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lakewood Park.
Who works in Lakewood Park, and how
Work in Lakewood Park centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lakewood Park
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lakewood Park, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lakewood Park, month by month
Lakewood Park sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 76, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| April | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Lakewood Park
The nearest airport, Vero Beach Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Palm Beach International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lakewood Park
Schools across Lakewood Park average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Allapattah Flats K-8B · 49% proficient
- Samuel S. Gaines Academy Of Emerging TechnologiesB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Oaks Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Pierce Central High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakewood Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakewood 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 Lakewood Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakewood Park
Is Lakewood Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakewood Park ranks 36,522nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, 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 Lakewood Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,199. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $66,586 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Lakewood Park safe?
Yes, Lakewood Park is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare Lakewood Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakewood Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakewood 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.
Lakewood Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakewood Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakewood Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakewood Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakewood Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakewood 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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