Best PlacesLargo, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Largo, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Largo ranks 273rd of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 6 minutes away. Its strengths are state infrastructure and low taxes. The cost shows up in summer heat, empty homes, and health outcomes.
The best neighborhoods in Largo
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 Largo
The parts of Largo, 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.
Friends of Ridgecrest
More households have young kids, schools score higher, and biking is better.
Southeastern Largo
Local pay stretches further, though more homes sit empty.
Woodside Village
Prices have run up less and more adults hold degrees.
Northern Largo
Streets are more walkable, though incomes run lower.
Kings Manor & Monterey Lakes
Homes cost less, though health care is harder to reach.
Eldorado Village
Scores close to Kings Manor & Monterey Lakes, except that heat risk is higher here.
Wyatt Street
Health outcomes score lower and crime runs higher.
Largo shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 7% of the country and others in the top 5%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Largo's strengths and weaknesses
Largo lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet carry most of that.
The one real hole is summer heat, near the bottom of the country. Empty homes and health outcomes also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Largo ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- QuietBetter than 90% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of cities
Where Largo ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Largo
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Largo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,812, 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 Largo's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Largo
Largo 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 Largo.
Who works in Largo, and how
Work in Largo centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Largo
Largo has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. The coast is about 6 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Largo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Largo, month by month
Largo sees roughly 151 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Largo
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 16 miles away.
The best schools in and around Largo
Schools across Largo average a B, better than 76% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Anona Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Oakhurst Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seminole Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Fitzgerald Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Osceola Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Osceola Fundamental HighA · 72% proficient
- Richard O Jacobson Technical High School At SeminoleA− · 64% proficient
- Largo High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Largo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Largo 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 Largo against the other 444 cities.
Who Largo suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 73% of cities, health care access beats 81%, and it is quieter than 90%.
Common questions about living in Largo
Is Largo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Largo ranks 273rd of 445 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, 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 Largo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $277,612. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $71,812 median income, cost of living beats 31% of cities.
Is Largo safe?
Yes, Largo is safer than 71% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $202 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Largo?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 52. That works out to about 151 pleasant days a year, more than 73% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Largo?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Friends of Ridgecrest, Southeastern Largo, and Woodside Village. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Largo good for families?
Schools beat 76% of cities, crime safety beats 71%, and childcare runs $1,048 a month.
Is Largo good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 31% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 72% of cities. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Largo with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Largo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Largo 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.
Largo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Largo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Largo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Largo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Largo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Largo 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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