Best PlacesMount Dora, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Dora, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mount Dora ranks 1,026th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Mount Dora
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.
Mount Dora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Dora ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of cities
- QuietBetter than 84% of cities
Where Mount Dora ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Dora
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Dora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,345, 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 Mount Dora's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Mount Dora
Mount Dora 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 Mount Dora.
Who works in Mount Dora, and how
Work in Mount Dora centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mount Dora
Mount Dora has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mount Dora and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mount Dora, month by month
Mount Dora sees roughly 130 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 Mount Dora
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Dora
Schools across Mount Dora average a B, better than 60% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Round Lake Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Seminole Springs Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Apopka ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wolf Lake MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Tavares Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Eustis Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt. Dora High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Tavares High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Eustis High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Dora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Dora 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 Mount Dora against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Mount Dora suits
Retirees
The weather beats 74% of cities, health care access beats 59%, and it is quieter than 84%.
Common questions about living in Mount Dora
Is Mount Dora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Dora ranks 1,026th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Dora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $378,333. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $80,345 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Mount Dora safe?
Yes, Mount Dora is safer than 90% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $130 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mount Dora?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 48. That works out to about 130 pleasant days a year, more than 74% of cities.
Is Mount Dora good for families?
Schools beat 60% of cities, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $866 a month.
Compare Mount Dora with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Dora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Dora 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.
Mount Dora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Dora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Dora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Dora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Dora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Dora 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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