Best PlacesRockledge, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rockledge, 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.
Rockledge ranks 734th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rockledge
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.
Rockledge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rockledge ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 98% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of cities
Where Rockledge ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rockledge
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rockledge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $93,459; 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 Rockledge's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rockledge
Rockledge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rockledge.
Who works in Rockledge, and how
Work in Rockledge centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rockledge
Rockledge has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. The coast is about 15 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rockledge and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rockledge, month by month
Rockledge sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 55. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 63° | 55° |
| April | 82° | 74° | 67° |
| July | 90° | 83° | 78° |
| October | 85° | 79° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Rockledge
The nearest airport, Melbourne Orlando International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 36 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rockledge
Schools across Rockledge average an A, better than 98% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Freedom 7 Elementary School Of International StudiesA+ · 88% proficient
- Harmony Community SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Ralph M Williams Junior Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Delaura Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Narcoossee Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- West Shore Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Edgewood Jr/sr High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Viera High SchoolA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rockledge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rockledge 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 Rockledge against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Rockledge suits
Retirees
The weather beats 60% of cities and health care access beats 76%.
Common questions about living in Rockledge
Is Rockledge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rockledge ranks 734th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, state infrastructure, and low taxes, 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 Rockledge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $389,044. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $93,459 median income, cost of living beats 64% of cities.
Is Rockledge safe?
Yes, Rockledge is safer than 95% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $127 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rockledge?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 55. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 60% of cities.
Is Rockledge good for families?
Schools beat 98% of cities, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $839 a month.
Compare Rockledge with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rockledge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rockledge 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.
Rockledge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rockledge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rockledge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rockledge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rockledge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rockledge 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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