Best PlacesMaxcy Quarters, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maxcy Quarters, 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.
Maxcy Quarters ranks 42,405th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maxcy Quarters
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.
Maxcy Quarters' strengths and weaknesses
Where Maxcy Quarters ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Maxcy Quarters ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maxcy Quarters
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maxcy Quarters home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $48,252, 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 Maxcy Quarters' effective rate of 0.89%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maxcy Quarters
Maxcy Quarters 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 Maxcy Quarters.
Who works in Maxcy Quarters, and how
Work in Maxcy Quarters centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Maxcy Quarters
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Maxcy Quarters.
What the weather is like in Maxcy Quarters, month by month
Maxcy Quarters sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| April | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Maxcy Quarters
Orlando International sits about 51 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 Maxcy Quarters
Schools across Maxcy Quarters average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frostproof Ben Hill Griffin Jr Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- St. Cloud Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Avon Park Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Mclaughlin Academy Of ExcellenceC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Harmony High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Avon Park High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Frostproof Middle/senior HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maxcy Quarters school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maxcy Quarters 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 Maxcy Quarters against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maxcy Quarters
Is Maxcy Quarters a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maxcy Quarters ranks 42,405th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maxcy Quarters expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,512. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $48,252 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Maxcy Quarters safe?
Yes, Maxcy Quarters is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
Compare Maxcy Quarters with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maxcy Quarters. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maxcy Quarters 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.
Maxcy Quarters detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maxcy Quarters: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maxcy Quarters: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maxcy Quarters: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maxcy Quarters: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maxcy Quarters 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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