Best PlacesLeisure City, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leisure City, 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.
Leisure City ranks 2,079th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leisure City
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.
Leisure City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leisure City ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- TransitBetter than 82% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 78% of cities
Where Leisure City ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Leisure City
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leisure City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,317, 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 Leisure City's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Leisure City
Leisure City 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 Leisure City.
Who works in Leisure City, and how
Work in Leisure City centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Leisure City
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Leisure City, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Leisure City, month by month
Leisure City sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 85° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Leisure City
Miami International sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Leisure City
Schools across Leisure City average a C+, better than 38% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Avocado Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Irving & Beatrice Peskoe K-8 CenterC · 34% proficient
- Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Dade Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Redland Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Homestead Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leisure City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leisure City 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 Leisure City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Leisure City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Leisure City
Is Leisure City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leisure City ranks 2,079th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and transit, and lowest on education levels and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leisure City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,601. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $59,317 median income, cost of living beats 2% of cities.
Is Leisure City safe?
Leisure City is safer than 8% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $331 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Leisure City?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 59. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of cities.
Is Leisure City good for families?
Schools beat 38% of cities, crime safety beats 8%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare Leisure City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leisure City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leisure City 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.
Leisure City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leisure City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leisure City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leisure City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leisure City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leisure City 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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