Best PlacesOrange City, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orange City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Orange City ranks 20,442nd 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 City
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 City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orange City ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 154 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
Where Orange City ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orange City
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orange City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,568; 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 Orange City'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Orange City
Orange City 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 City.
Who works in Orange City, and how
Work in Orange City centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Orange City
Orange City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 30 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Orange City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Orange City, month by month
Orange City sees roughly 154 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Orange City
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orange City
Schools across Orange City average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Debary Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Freedom Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Timbercrest Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- River Springs Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Deland Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Deltona Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- University High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Deltona High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Deland High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orange City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orange City 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 City against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Orange City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Orange City
Is Orange City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orange City ranks 20,442nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and transit, 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 Orange City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,353. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $68,568 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Orange City safe?
Yes, Orange City is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $175 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Orange City?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 49. That works out to about 154 pleasant days a year, more than 93% of towns.
Is Orange City good for families?
Schools beat 66% of towns, crime safety beats 63%, and childcare runs $820 a month.
Compare Orange City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orange City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orange City 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 City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orange City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orange City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orange City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orange City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orange City 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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