Best PlacesPalm Shores, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Palm Shores, 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.
Palm Shores ranks 4,566th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Palm Shores
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.
Palm Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Palm Shores ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
Where Palm Shores ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Palm Shores
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Palm Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $85,102; 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 Palm Shores' effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Palm Shores
Palm Shores runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Palm Shores.
Who works in Palm Shores, and how
Work in Palm Shores centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Palm Shores
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Palm Shores, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Palm Shores, month by month
Palm Shores sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 55. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 63° | 55° |
| April | 82° | 74° | 67° |
| July | 90° | 83° | 78° |
| October | 85° | 79° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Palm Shores
The nearest airport, Melbourne Orlando International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Palm Shores
Schools across Palm Shores average an A+, better than 99% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Freedom 7 Elementary School Of International StudiesA+ · 88% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delaura Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- West Shore Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Viera High SchoolA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Palm Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Palm Shores 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 Palm Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Palm Shores
Is Palm Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Palm Shores ranks 4,566th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state infrastructure, and good schools, 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 Palm Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $356,800. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $85,102 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Palm Shores safe?
Yes, Palm Shores is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $76 per resident a year.
Compare Palm Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Palm Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Palm Shores 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.
Palm Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Palm Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Palm Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Palm Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Palm Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Palm Shores 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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