Best PlacesPelican Bay, Naples, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pelican Bay, Naples, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pelican Bay, Naples ranks 841st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pelican Bay, Naples
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.
Pelican Bay, Naples' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pelican Bay, Naples ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
Where Pelican Bay, Naples ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Pelican Bay, Naples
A household needs to earn about $382,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pelican Bay, Naples home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $156,675, 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 Pelican Bay, Naples' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Pelican Bay, Naples
Pelican Bay, Naples 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 Pelican Bay, Naples.
Who works in Pelican Bay, Naples, and how
Work in Pelican Bay, Naples centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 45%
- Work from home 49%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pelican Bay, Naples
Pelican Bay, Naples has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Pelican Bay, Naples and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pelican Bay, Naples, month by month
Pelican Bay, Naples sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 56. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| April | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 79° | 72° |
Flying in and out of Pelican Bay, Naples
Southwest Florida International sits about 21 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pelican Bay, Naples
Schools across Pelican Bay, Naples average an A, better than 98% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Sea Gate Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Naples Park Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pine Ridge Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
Top high schools
- Barron Collier High SchoolA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pelican Bay, Naples school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pelican Bay, Naples 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 Pelican Bay, Naples against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Pelican Bay, Naples
Is Pelican Bay, Naples a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pelican Bay, Naples ranks 841st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, fast internet, and quiet, and lowest on empty homes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pelican Bay, Naples expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,499,663. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $156,675 median income, cost of living beats 92% of neighborhoods.
Is Pelican Bay, Naples safe?
Yes, Pelican Bay, Naples is safer than 84% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $222 per resident a year.
Compare Pelican Bay, Naples with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pelican Bay, Naples. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pelican Bay, Naples 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.
Pelican Bay, Naples detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pelican Bay, Naples: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pelican Bay, Naples: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pelican Bay, Naples: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pelican Bay, Naples: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pelican Bay, Naples 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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