Best PlacesLockhart, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lockhart, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lockhart ranks 24,585th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lockhart
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.
Lockhart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lockhart ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
Where Lockhart ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lockhart
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lockhart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,817, 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 Lockhart's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Lockhart
Lockhart 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 Lockhart.
Who works in Lockhart, and how
Work in Lockhart centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Lockhart
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lockhart.
What the weather is like in Lockhart, month by month
Lockhart sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Lockhart
Orlando International sits about 16 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lockhart
Schools across Lockhart average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bear Lake Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Lake Sybelia ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Riverside ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Teague Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- College Park MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Lockhart MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Brantley High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Edgewater HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Wekiva HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lockhart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lockhart 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 Lockhart against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lockhart
Is Lockhart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lockhart ranks 24,585th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, transit, and low taxes, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lockhart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,549. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $74,817 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Lockhart safe?
Lockhart is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Lockhart with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lockhart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lockhart 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.
Lockhart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lockhart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lockhart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lockhart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lockhart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lockhart 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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