Best PlacesRidge Manor, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ridge Manor, 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.
Ridge Manor ranks 37,014th 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 Ridge Manor
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.
Ridge Manor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ridge Manor ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 142 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Ridge Manor ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute39.4 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ridge Manor
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ridge Manor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,292, 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 Ridge Manor's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ridge Manor
Ridge Manor's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ridge Manor.
Who works in Ridge Manor, and how
Work in Ridge Manor centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ridge Manor
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ridge Manor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ridge Manor, month by month
Ridge Manor sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 58° | 45° |
| April | 86° | 72° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 88° | 74° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Ridge Manor
Tampa International sits about 42 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ridge Manor
Schools across Ridge Manor average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastside Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Lacoochee Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- D. S. Parrott Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Pasco Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Hernando High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Pasco High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- South Sumter High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ridge Manor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ridge Manor 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 Ridge Manor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ridge Manor
Is Ridge Manor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ridge Manor ranks 37,014th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ridge Manor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,942. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $59,292 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Ridge Manor safe?
Yes, Ridge Manor is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
Compare Ridge Manor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ridge Manor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ridge Manor 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.
Ridge Manor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ridge Manor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ridge Manor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ridge Manor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ridge Manor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ridge Manor 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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