Best PlacesPiney Point, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Piney Point, 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.
Piney Point ranks 28,866th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Piney Point
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.
Piney Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Piney Point ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
Where Piney Point ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Piney Point
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Piney Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,730, 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 Piney Point's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Piney Point
Piney Point 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 Piney Point.
Who works in Piney Point, and how
Work in Piney Point centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Piney Point
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Piney Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Piney Point, month by month
Piney Point sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 61° | 54° |
| April | 83° | 75° | 68° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 78° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Piney Point
The nearest airport, Sarasota/Bradenton International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 22 miles away.
The best schools in and around Piney Point
Schools across Piney Point average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bay Vista Fundamental Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- James Tillman Elementary Magnet SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buffalo Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Monroe Middle Magnet SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Shields Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Robinson High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Lennard High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Palmetto High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Piney Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Piney Point 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 Piney Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Piney Point
Is Piney Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Piney Point ranks 28,866th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on summer heat and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Piney Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,749. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $77,730 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Piney Point safe?
Yes, Piney Point is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $178 per resident a year.
Compare Piney Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Piney Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Piney Point 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.
Piney Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Piney Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Piney Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Piney Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Piney Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Piney Point 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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