Best PlacesOrange Bend, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orange Bend, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Orange Bend ranks 43,617th 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 Orange Bend
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.
Orange Bend's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orange Bend ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 129 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Orange Bend ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$47,716 median, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orange Bend
A household needs to earn about $13,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orange Bend home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,716, 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 Orange Bend's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Orange Bend
Orange Bend 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 Orange Bend.
Who works in Orange Bend, and how
Work in Orange Bend centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Orange Bend
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Orange Bend.
What the weather is like in Orange Bend, month by month
Orange Bend sees roughly 129 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 Orange Bend
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orange Bend
Schools across Orange Bend average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Tavares Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Oak Park Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Tavares High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Leesburg High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orange Bend school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orange Bend 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 Orange Bend against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orange Bend
Is Orange Bend a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orange Bend ranks 43,617th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orange Bend expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $49,300. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $47,716 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Orange Bend safe?
Orange Bend is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Orange Bend with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orange Bend. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orange Bend 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.
Orange Bend detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orange Bend: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orange Bend: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orange Bend: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orange Bend: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orange Bend 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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