Best PlacesOriole Margate Golf Course, Margate, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate, 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.
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate ranks 5,333rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate
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.
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
Where Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Short commute32.9 minutes each way, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,584, 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 Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate 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 Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate.
Who works in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate, and how
Work in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate centers on transportation & warehousing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate, month by month
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate
The nearest airport, Fort Lauderdale Exec, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, about 13 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate
Schools across Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate average a B, better than 70% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Nova Blanche Forman ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Atlantic West Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nova Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate 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 Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate
Is Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate ranks 5,333rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and health care access, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,887. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $47,584 median income, cost of living beats 17% of neighborhoods.
Is Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate safe?
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate is safer than 44% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $319 per resident a year.
Compare Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate 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.
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oriole Margate Golf Course, Margate 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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