Best PlacesMeadow Woods, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meadow Woods, 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.
Meadow Woods ranks 1,027th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Meadow Woods
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 Meadow Woods
The parts of Meadow Woods, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Beacon Park
Wyndham Lakes Estates
Villa del Sol at Meadow Woods
Meadow Woods Village
Greenpointe
Oakshire Estates
Meadow Woods shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 7% of the country and others in the top 7%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Meadow Woods' strengths and weaknesses
Where Meadow Woods ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 84% of cities
Where Meadow Woods ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Meadow Woods
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meadow Woods home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $93,762; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Meadow Woods' effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Meadow Woods
Meadow Woods 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 Meadow Woods.
Who works in Meadow Woods, and how
Work in Meadow Woods centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Meadow Woods
The coast is about 48 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Meadow Woods, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Meadow Woods, month by month
Meadow Woods sees roughly 139 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° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Meadow Woods
Orlando International sits about 5 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 Meadow Woods
Schools across Meadow Woods average a B, better than 62% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Wetherbee ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Wyndham Lakes ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Oakshire ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Creek MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Meadow Woods MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Cypress Creek HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meadow Woods school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meadow Woods 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 Meadow Woods against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Meadow Woods suits
Common questions about living in Meadow Woods
Is Meadow Woods a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meadow Woods ranks 1,027th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meadow Woods expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,740. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $93,762 median income, cost of living beats 64% of cities.
Is Meadow Woods safe?
Yes, Meadow Woods is safer than 74% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Meadow Woods?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 50. That works out to about 139 pleasant days a year, more than 79% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Meadow Woods?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Beacon Park, Wyndham Lakes Estates, and Villa del Sol at Meadow Woods. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Meadow Woods with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meadow Woods. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meadow Woods 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.
Meadow Woods detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meadow Woods: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meadow Woods: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meadow Woods: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meadow Woods: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meadow Woods 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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