Best PlacesLighthouse Point, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lighthouse Point, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lighthouse Point ranks 15,634th 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 Lighthouse Point
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.
Lighthouse Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lighthouse Point ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
Where Lighthouse Point ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lighthouse Point
A household needs to earn about $199,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lighthouse Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $117,516, 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 Lighthouse Point's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lighthouse Point
Lighthouse Point 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 Lighthouse Point.
Who works in Lighthouse Point, and how
Work in Lighthouse Point centers on professional & technical and real estate. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lighthouse Point
Lighthouse Point has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 1 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lighthouse Point and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lighthouse Point, month by month
Lighthouse Point sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 60. The comfortable stretch runs December through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| April | 85° | 77° | 70° |
| July | 91° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Lighthouse Point
The nearest airport, Fort Lauderdale Exec, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, about 15 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lighthouse Point
Schools across Lighthouse Point average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Norcrest Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Nova Blanche Forman ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Deerfield Beach Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nova Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Deerfield Beach Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Deerfield Beach High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lighthouse Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lighthouse Point 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 Lighthouse Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lighthouse Point
Is Lighthouse Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lighthouse Point ranks 15,634th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on summer heat 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 Lighthouse Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $755,005. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $117,516 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Lighthouse Point safe?
Lighthouse Point is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $352 per resident a year.
Compare Lighthouse Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lighthouse Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lighthouse Point 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.
Lighthouse Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lighthouse Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lighthouse Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lighthouse Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lighthouse Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lighthouse Point 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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