Best PlacesPonte Vedra Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ponte Vedra Beach, 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.
Ponte Vedra Beach ranks 792nd 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 Ponte Vedra Beach
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.
Ponte Vedra Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ponte Vedra Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$147,879 median, better than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where Ponte Vedra Beach ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,222 a month, better than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ponte Vedra Beach
A household needs to earn about $271,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ponte Vedra Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $147,879, 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 Ponte Vedra Beach's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ponte Vedra Beach
Ponte Vedra Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ponte Vedra Beach.
Who works in Ponte Vedra Beach, and how
Work in Ponte Vedra Beach centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ponte Vedra Beach
Ponte Vedra Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns. The coast is about 5 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Ponte Vedra Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ponte Vedra Beach, month by month
Ponte Vedra Beach sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 58° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 73° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Ponte Vedra Beach
Jacksonville International sits about 32 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.7 million passengers in 2025, with 86 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ponte Vedra Beach
Schools across Ponte Vedra Beach average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ponte Vedra Palm Valley- Rawlings Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Ocean Palms Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Palencia Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alice B. Landrum Middle SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Pacetti Bay Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Sebastian Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Ponte Vedra High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Allen D Nease Senior High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Atlantic Coast High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ponte Vedra Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ponte Vedra Beach 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 Ponte Vedra Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ponte Vedra Beach
Is Ponte Vedra Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ponte Vedra Beach ranks 792nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 Ponte Vedra Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,057,547. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $147,879 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Ponte Vedra Beach safe?
Yes, Ponte Vedra Beach is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $140 per resident a year.
Compare Ponte Vedra Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ponte Vedra Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ponte Vedra Beach 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.
Ponte Vedra Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ponte Vedra Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ponte Vedra Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ponte Vedra Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ponte Vedra Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ponte Vedra Beach 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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