Best PlacesMinneola, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minneola, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Minneola ranks 3,856th 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 Minneola
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.
Minneola's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minneola ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
Where Minneola ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minneola
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minneola home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $100,628; 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 Minneola's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Minneola
Minneola runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minneola.
Who works in Minneola, and how
Work in Minneola 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 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Minneola
Minneola has more parkland per resident than 82% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Minneola and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Minneola, month by month
Minneola sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Minneola
Orlando International sits about 29 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 Minneola
Schools across Minneola average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pinecrest Lakes AcademyA+ · 78% proficient
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Minneola Conversion Charter SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Ridge Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Windy Hill Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Gray Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- East Ridge High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Lake Minneola High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- South Lake High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minneola school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minneola 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 Minneola against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Minneola suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 89% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Minneola
Is Minneola a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minneola ranks 3,856th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minneola expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $407,798. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $100,628 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Minneola safe?
Yes, Minneola is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $109 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Minneola?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 48. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 86% of towns.
Is Minneola good for families?
Schools beat 77% of towns, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $857 a month.
Compare Minneola with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minneola. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minneola 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.
Minneola detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minneola: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minneola: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minneola: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minneola: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minneola 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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