Best PlacesPioneer, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pioneer, 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.
Pioneer ranks 40,087th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pioneer
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.
Pioneer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pioneer ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 166 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pioneer ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute43.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pioneer
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pioneer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $82,407; 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 Pioneer's effective rate of 0.97%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pioneer
Pioneer 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 Pioneer.
Who works in Pioneer, and how
Work in Pioneer centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Pioneer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pioneer.
What the weather is like in Pioneer, month by month
Pioneer sees roughly 166 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 51° |
| April | 86° | 72° | 60° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 75° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Pioneer
Southwest Florida International sits about 35 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 Pioneer
Schools across Pioneer average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Country Oaks Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Eastside Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clewiston Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Labelle Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Labelle High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Clewiston High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pioneer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pioneer 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 Pioneer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pioneer
Is Pioneer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pioneer ranks 40,087th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pioneer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,500. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $82,407 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Pioneer safe?
Pioneer is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Pioneer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pioneer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pioneer 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.
Pioneer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pioneer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pioneer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pioneer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pioneer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pioneer 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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