Best PlacesPanama Park, Jacksonville, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Panama Park, Jacksonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Panama Park, Jacksonville ranks 5,283rd 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 Panama Park, Jacksonville
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.
Panama Park, Jacksonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Panama Park, Jacksonville ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
Where Panama Park, Jacksonville ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Household income$45,103 median, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Panama Park, Jacksonville
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Panama Park, Jacksonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,103, 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 Panama Park, Jacksonville's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Panama Park, Jacksonville
Panama Park, Jacksonville 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 Panama Park, Jacksonville.
Who works in Panama Park, Jacksonville, and how
Work in Panama Park, Jacksonville centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Panama Park, Jacksonville
Panama Park, Jacksonville has more parkland per resident than 98% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 25 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Panama Park, Jacksonville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Panama Park, Jacksonville, month by month
Panama Park, Jacksonville sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 58° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 73° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Panama Park, Jacksonville
Jacksonville International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.7 million passengers in 2025, with 86 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Panama Park, Jacksonville
Schools across Panama Park, Jacksonville average a C, better than 32% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Grasp AcademyD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Joseph Stilwell Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Panama Park, Jacksonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Panama Park, Jacksonville 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 Panama Park, Jacksonville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Panama Park, Jacksonville
Is Panama Park, Jacksonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Panama Park, Jacksonville ranks 5,283rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Panama Park, Jacksonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,489. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $45,103 median income, cost of living beats 26% of neighborhoods.
Is Panama Park, Jacksonville safe?
Panama Park, Jacksonville is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $525 per resident a year.
Compare Panama Park, Jacksonville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Panama Park, Jacksonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Panama Park, Jacksonville 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.
Panama Park, Jacksonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Panama Park, Jacksonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Panama Park, Jacksonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Panama Park, Jacksonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Panama Park, Jacksonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Panama Park, Jacksonville 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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