Best PlacesPinewood, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pinewood, 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.
Pinewood ranks 46,677th 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 Pinewood
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.
Pinewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pinewood ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
Where Pinewood ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pinewood
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pinewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,826, 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 Pinewood's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Pinewood
Pinewood's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Pinewood.
Who works in Pinewood, and how
Work in Pinewood centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Pinewood
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Pinewood, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pinewood, month by month
Pinewood sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Pinewood
Miami International sits about 7 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 Pinewood
Schools across Pinewood average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Van E. Blanton Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Arcola Lake Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson Biscayne Gardens K-8 AcademyC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Horace Mann Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- North Dade Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pinewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pinewood 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 Pinewood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pinewood
Is Pinewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pinewood ranks 46,677th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, state infrastructure, and walkability, and lowest on car insurance costs and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pinewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $389,065. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $55,826 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pinewood safe?
Pinewood is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $481 per resident a year.
Compare Pinewood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pinewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pinewood 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.
Pinewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pinewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pinewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pinewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pinewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pinewood 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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