Best PlacesOrmond Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ormond Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ormond Beach ranks 974th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Ormond Beach
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.
Ormond Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ormond Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of cities
Where Ormond Beach ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 18% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ormond Beach
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ormond Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,552, 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 Ormond Beach's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ormond Beach
Ormond Beach 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 Ormond Beach.
Who works in Ormond Beach, and how
Work in Ormond Beach 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 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ormond Beach
Ormond Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. The coast is about 8 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ormond Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ormond Beach, month by month
Ormond Beach sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 60° | 50° |
| April | 78° | 73° | 63° |
| July | 89° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Ormond Beach
The nearest airport, Daytona Beach International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ormond Beach
Schools across Ormond Beach average a B+, better than 74% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Pine Trail Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Pathways Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Tomoka Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ormond Beach Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- David C. Hinson Sr. Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Buddy Taylor Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Seabreeze High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Flagler-palm Coast High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Mainland High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ormond Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ormond Beach 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 Ormond Beach against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ormond Beach suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 17% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 82% of cities, health care access beats 75%, and it is quieter than 56%.
Common questions about living in Ormond Beach
Is Ormond Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ormond Beach ranks 974th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, 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 Ormond Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $366,010. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $81,552 median income, cost of living beats 49% of cities.
Is Ormond Beach safe?
Yes, Ormond Beach is safer than 84% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ormond Beach?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 50. That works out to about 149 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of cities.
Is Ormond Beach good for families?
Schools beat 74% of cities, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $823 a month.
Compare Ormond Beach with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ormond Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ormond Beach 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.
Ormond Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ormond Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ormond Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ormond Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ormond Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ormond Beach 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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