Best PlacesPeach Orchard, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peach Orchard, 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.
Peach Orchard ranks 26,148th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Peach Orchard
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.
Peach Orchard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peach Orchard ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Peach Orchard ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peach Orchard
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peach Orchard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $62,962; 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 Peach Orchard's effective rate of 1.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Peach Orchard
Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard.
Who works in Peach Orchard, and how
Work in Peach Orchard centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Peach Orchard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peach Orchard.
What the weather is like in Peach Orchard, month by month
Peach Orchard sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 55° | 42° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Peach Orchard
The nearest airport, Gainesville Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peach Orchard
Schools across Peach Orchard average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Archer ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak View Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Newberry High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peach Orchard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peach Orchard
Is Peach Orchard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peach Orchard ranks 26,148th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and population health, 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 Peach Orchard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,093. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $62,962 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Peach Orchard safe?
Peach Orchard is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $328 per resident a year.
Compare Peach Orchard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peach Orchard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peach Orchard 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.
Peach Orchard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peach Orchard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peach Orchard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peach Orchard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peach Orchard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peach Orchard 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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