Best PlacesNaples, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Naples metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Naples ranks 101st of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $99,153, wages outrun the cost of living, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are empty homes, summer heat, and an overheated housing market.
The best neighborhoods in the Naples metro
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 Naples
The towns and districts of the Naples metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Downtown Naples
More adults hold degrees, health care is easier to reach, and schools score higher.
Marco Island
More homes sit empty and fewer households have young kids.
Golden Gate
Heat risk is lower, though fewer residents vote.
Immokalee
It is quieter, though commutes are longer.
Naples shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 5% of the country and others in the top 2%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Naples' strengths and weaknesses
Naples lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State infrastructure is the standout, in the top 3% of metro areas. Low crime and low taxes follow.
The one real hole is empty homes, near the bottom of the country. Summer heat and an overheated housing market also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Naples ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of metro areas
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of metro areas
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of metro areas
- Local economyBetter than 95% of metro areas
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of metro areas
Where Naples ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of metro areas
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of metro areas
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of metro areas
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Naples
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Naples home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $99,153, 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 Naples' effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Naples
Naples runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Naples.
Who works in Naples, and how
Work in Naples 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 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Naples
Naples has less parkland per resident than most metro areas and more late-night spots per resident than 73% of metro areas. The coast is about 15 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Naples and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Naples growing, and who is moving in?
Naples has grown about 20% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Fort Myers, FL.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Naples go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Naples, month by month
Naples sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 56. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| April | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 79° | 72° |
Flying in and out of Naples
Southwest Florida International sits about 23 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Naples
Schools across Naples average an A−, better than 91% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Pelican Marsh Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Sea Gate Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Veterans Memorial Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Naples Middle SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Pine Ridge Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Oakridge Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Lorenzo Walker Technical High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Barron Collier High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Gulf Coast High SchoolA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Naples school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Naples 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 Naples against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Naples suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 76% of metro areas, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 20% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 78% of metro areas, health care access beats 65%, and it is quieter than 84%.
Common questions about living in Naples
Is Naples a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Naples ranks 101st of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low crime, and low taxes, and lowest on empty homes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Naples expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $647,170. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $99,153 median income, cost of living beats 76% of metro areas.
Is Naples safe?
Yes, Naples is safer than 97% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Naples?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 77 with lows near 56. That works out to about 128 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Naples?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Downtown Naples, Marco Island, and Golden Gate. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Naples good for families?
Schools beat 91% of metro areas, crime safety beats 97%, and childcare runs $974 a month.
Is Naples good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 76% of metro areas, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 88% of metro areas. About 20% of workers already work from home.
Compare Naples with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Naples. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Naples 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.
Naples detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Naples: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Naples: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Naples: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Naples: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Naples 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.