Best PlacesPoinciana, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Poinciana, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Poinciana ranks 1,884th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Poinciana
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.
The best areas in Poinciana
The parts of Poinciana, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Solivita
Poinciana-Village 3
Lake Marion Village
Bellalago
Poinciana-Village 8
Scores across Poinciana run from about the 5th to the 62nd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Poinciana's strengths and weaknesses
Where Poinciana ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 88% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of cities
Where Poinciana ranks low
- Short commute46.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Poinciana
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Poinciana home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $68,168; 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 Poinciana's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Poinciana
Poinciana'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 Poinciana.
Who works in Poinciana, and how
Work in Poinciana centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Poinciana
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Poinciana.
What the weather is like in Poinciana, month by month
Poinciana sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Poinciana
Orlando International sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Poinciana
Schools across Poinciana average a C−, better than 18% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bellalago Charter AcademyB · 45% proficient
- Reedy Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Chestnut Elementary School For Science And EngineeringC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Horizon Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Discovery Intermediate SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Shelley S. Boone Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- New Dimensions High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Poinciana High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Haines City Senior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Poinciana school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Poinciana 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 Poinciana against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Poinciana suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Poinciana
Is Poinciana a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Poinciana ranks 1,884th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Poinciana expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,486. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $68,168 median income, cost of living beats 29% of cities.
Is Poinciana safe?
Poinciana is safer than 41% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $218 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Poinciana?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 50. That works out to about 132 pleasant days a year, more than 76% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Poinciana?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Solivita, Poinciana-Village 3, and Lake Marion Village. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Poinciana with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Poinciana. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Poinciana 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.
Poinciana detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Poinciana: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Poinciana: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Poinciana: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Poinciana: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Poinciana 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.