Best PlacesPlantation Key, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plantation Key, 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.
Plantation Key ranks 14,399th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Plantation Key
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.
Plantation Key's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plantation Key ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$113,906 median, better than 91% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
Where Plantation Key ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plantation Key
A household needs to earn about $280,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plantation Key home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $113,906, 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 Plantation Key's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Plantation Key
Plantation Key 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 Plantation Key.
Who works in Plantation Key, and how
Work in Plantation Key centers on other services and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Plantation Key
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Plantation Key, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plantation Key, month by month
Plantation Key sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 64. The comfortable stretch runs December through February.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 70° | 64° |
| April | 86° | 79° | 74° |
| July | 92° | 86° | 80° |
| October | 88° | 81° | 76° |
Flying in and out of Plantation Key
Miami International sits about 69 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 Plantation Key
Schools across Plantation Key average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Treasure Village Montessori Charter SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Plantation Key SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Coral Shores High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plantation Key school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plantation Key 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 Plantation Key against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plantation Key
Is Plantation Key a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plantation Key ranks 14,399th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plantation Key expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,102,800. The overall cost of living runs about 28% above the national average. Set against a $113,906 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Plantation Key safe?
Yes, Plantation Key is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Plantation Key with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plantation Key. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plantation Key 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.
Plantation Key detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plantation Key: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plantation Key: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plantation Key: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plantation Key: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plantation Key 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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