Best PlacesMelrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale, 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.
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale ranks 4,659th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale
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.
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $82,173; 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 Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale 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 Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale.
Who works in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale, and how
Work in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale centers on hospitality & food and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale, month by month
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 60. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 69° | 60° |
| April | 85° | 77° | 71° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 15.7 million passengers in 2025, with 180 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale
Schools across Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale average a B, better than 73% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Nova Blanche Forman ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Riverland Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Montessori AcademyD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nova Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale 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 Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale
Is Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale ranks 4,659th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and a strong job market, 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 Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $351,860. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $82,173 median income, cost of living beats 30% of neighborhoods.
Is Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale safe?
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale is safer than 17% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
Compare Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale 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.
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Melrose Manors, Fort Lauderdale 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.
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