Best PlacesOcoee, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ocoee, 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.
Ocoee ranks 988th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Ocoee
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 Ocoee
The parts of Ocoee, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Forestbrooke
Sawmill, Orchard Park & Forests Oaks
Villages of Wesmere & Opus South
Amber Ridge
Rose Hill & Orlando Groves
Foxfire-Orlando
Ocoee shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 11% of the country and others in the top 8%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Ocoee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ocoee ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 84% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 76% of cities
Where Ocoee ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 22% of cities
- Short commute30.2 minutes each way, better than only 24% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 28% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ocoee
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ocoee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $98,352; 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 Ocoee's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Ocoee
Ocoee 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 Ocoee.
Who works in Ocoee, and how
Work in Ocoee centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Ocoee
Ocoee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ocoee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ocoee, month by month
Ocoee sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Ocoee
Orlando International sits about 17 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 Ocoee
Schools across Ocoee average a B−, better than 53% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Whitney ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Thornebrooke ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Hope CharterA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunridge MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Gotha MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Lakeview MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Legacy High CharterA− · 65% proficient
- West Orange HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Innovation Montessori High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ocoee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ocoee 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 Ocoee against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ocoee suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of cities and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ocoee
Is Ocoee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ocoee ranks 988th of 2,098 cities. 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 Ocoee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $390,824. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $98,352 median income, cost of living beats 70% of cities.
Is Ocoee safe?
Ocoee is safer than 44% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $224 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ocoee?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 50. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 76% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Ocoee?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Forestbrooke, Sawmill, Orchard Park & Forests Oaks, and Villages of Wesmere & Opus South. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Ocoee with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ocoee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ocoee 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.
Ocoee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ocoee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ocoee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ocoee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ocoee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ocoee 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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