Best PlacesMims, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mims, 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.
Mims ranks 27,570th 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 Mims
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.
Mims' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mims ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Mims ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mims
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mims home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,208, 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 Mims' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Mims
Mims runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mims.
Who works in Mims, and how
Work in Mims centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mims
The coast is about 27 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mims, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mims, month by month
Mims sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 82° | 72° | 61° |
| July | 91° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 85° | 76° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Mims
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mims
Schools across Mims average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robert L. Stevenson Elementary SchoolA+ · 90% proficient
- Freedom 7 Elementary School Of International StudiesA+ · 88% proficient
- Pinewood Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Andrew Jackson Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Heritage Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- James Madison Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- West Shore Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Titusville High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Pine Ridge High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mims school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mims 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 Mims against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mims
Is Mims a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mims ranks 27,570th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and transit, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mims expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,590. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $79,208 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Mims safe?
Yes, Mims is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $138 per resident a year.
Compare Mims with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mims. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mims 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.
Mims detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mims: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mims: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mims: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mims: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mims 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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