Best PlacesRoyal Highlands, Brooksville, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Royal Highlands, Brooksville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Royal Highlands, Brooksville ranks 2,195th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Royal Highlands, Brooksville
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.
Royal Highlands, Brooksville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Royal Highlands, Brooksville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$651 a month, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
Where Royal Highlands, Brooksville ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Royal Highlands, Brooksville
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Royal Highlands, Brooksville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,157, 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 Royal Highlands, Brooksville'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 Royal Highlands, Brooksville
Royal Highlands, Brooksville runs older than the country, 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 Royal Highlands, Brooksville.
Who works in Royal Highlands, Brooksville, and how
Work in Royal Highlands, Brooksville centers on health care & social and retail trade. 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 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Royal Highlands, Brooksville
The coast is about 27 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Royal Highlands, Brooksville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Royal Highlands, Brooksville, month by month
Royal Highlands, Brooksville sees roughly 145 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 Royal Highlands, Brooksville
Tampa International sits about 44 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 Royal Highlands, Brooksville
Schools across Royal Highlands, Brooksville average a B, better than 74% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Southside Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Phillippi Shores Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Alta Vista Elementary SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brookside Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Booker Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- West Hernando Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Sarasota High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Weeki Wachee High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Booker High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Royal Highlands, Brooksville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Royal Highlands, Brooksville 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 Royal Highlands, Brooksville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Royal Highlands, Brooksville
Is Royal Highlands, Brooksville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Royal Highlands, Brooksville ranks 2,195th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low crime, a strong job market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Royal Highlands, Brooksville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,005. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $87,157 median income, cost of living beats 71% of neighborhoods.
Is Royal Highlands, Brooksville safe?
Yes, Royal Highlands, Brooksville is safer than 100% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $74 per resident a year.
Compare Royal Highlands, Brooksville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Royal Highlands, Brooksville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Royal Highlands, Brooksville 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.
Royal Highlands, Brooksville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Royal Highlands, Brooksville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Royal Highlands, Brooksville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Royal Highlands, Brooksville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Royal Highlands, Brooksville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Royal Highlands, Brooksville 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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