Best PlacesPalmetto Estates, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Palmetto Estates, 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.
Palmetto Estates ranks 29,640th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Palmetto Estates
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.
Palmetto Estates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Palmetto Estates ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
Where Palmetto Estates ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Palmetto Estates
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Palmetto Estates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,373, 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 Palmetto Estates' effective rate of 0.67%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Palmetto Estates
Palmetto Estates runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Palmetto Estates.
Who works in Palmetto Estates, and how
Work in Palmetto Estates centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Palmetto Estates
The coast is about 7 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Palmetto Estates, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Palmetto Estates, month by month
Palmetto Estates sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 57. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 66° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 79° | 72° |
Flying in and out of Palmetto Estates
Miami International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Palmetto Estates
Schools across Palmetto Estates average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coral Reef Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Vineland K-8 CenterA · 68% proficient
- Dr. Henry E. Perrine Academy Of The ArtsA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Palmetto Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Southwood Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Richmond Heights Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Robert Morgan Educational CenterB+ · 51% proficient
- Secondary Student Success Center 803F · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Palmetto Estates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Palmetto Estates 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 Palmetto Estates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Palmetto Estates
Is Palmetto Estates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Palmetto Estates ranks 29,640th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, state infrastructure, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Palmetto Estates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $462,878. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $89,373 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Palmetto Estates safe?
Palmetto Estates is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Palmetto Estates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Palmetto Estates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Palmetto Estates 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.
Palmetto Estates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Palmetto Estates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Palmetto Estates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Palmetto Estates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Palmetto Estates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Palmetto Estates 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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