Best PlacesSebring, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Sebring metro, 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.
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Sebring ranks 339th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on low incomes and summer heat. It does better on state infrastructure, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Sebring metro
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 Sebring
The towns and districts of the Sebring metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Downtown Sebring
More households have young kids.
Lake Placid
Heat risk is lower, though more homes sit empty.
Avon Park
Prices have run up more.
Scores across Sebring run from about the 2nd to the 89th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Sebring's strengths and weaknesses
Sebring ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. State infrastructure is the standout, in the top 3% of metro areas. Quiet and low taxes follow.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: low incomes, summer heat, and empty homes all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Sebring ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of metro areas
- QuietBetter than 97% of metro areas
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of metro areas
- Cheap childcare$715 a month, better than 76% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than 70% of metro areas
Where Sebring ranks low
- Household income$57,632 median, better than only 1% of metro areas
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of metro areas
- Low vacancyBetter than only 2% of metro areas
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of metro areas
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Sebring
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sebring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,632, 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 Sebring's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Sebring
Sebring runs older than the country, 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 Sebring.
Who works in Sebring, and how
Work in Sebring centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Sebring
Sebring has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas and less parkland per resident than most metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sebring and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Sebring growing, and who is moving in?
Sebring has grown about 11% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Tampa, FL.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Sebring go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Sebring, month by month
Sebring sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 51° |
| April | 87° | 74° | 63° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Sebring
The nearest airport, Punta Gorda, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sebring
Schools across Sebring average a B−, better than 68% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Sun 'n Lake Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Cracker Trail Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Park Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hill-gustat Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Sebring Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Avon Park Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Sebring High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Avon Park High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Lake Placid High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sebring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sebring 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 Sebring against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Sebring suits
Retirees
The weather beats 59% of metro areas, health care access beats 55%, and it is quieter than 97%.
Common questions about living in Sebring
Is Sebring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sebring ranks 339th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on state infrastructure, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on low incomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sebring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,076. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $57,632 median income, cost of living beats 3% of metro areas.
Is Sebring safe?
Yes, Sebring is safer than 59% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sebring?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 51. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Sebring?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Downtown Sebring, Lake Placid, and Avon Park. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Sebring good for families?
Schools beat 68% of metro areas, crime safety beats 59%, and childcare runs $715 a month.
Is Sebring good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 3% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 8% of metro areas. About 10% of workers already work from home.
Compare Sebring with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sebring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sebring 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.
Sebring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sebring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sebring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sebring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sebring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sebring 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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