Best PlacesSeffner, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seffner, 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.
Seffner ranks 16,655th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seffner
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.
Seffner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seffner ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Seffner ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seffner
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seffner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $87,648; 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 Seffner's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Seffner
Seffner's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Seffner.
Who works in Seffner, and how
Work in Seffner centers on retail trade 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 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Seffner
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Seffner, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seffner, month by month
Seffner sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Seffner
Tampa International sits about 15 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 Seffner
Schools across Seffner average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Lopez Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Mcdonald Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mann Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Burnett Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Jennings Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Strawberry Crest High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- King High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Brandon High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seffner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seffner 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 Seffner against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Seffner suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 74% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Seffner
Is Seffner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seffner ranks 16,655th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, fast internet, and low taxes, and lowest on car insurance costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seffner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,842. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $87,648 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Seffner safe?
Seffner is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Seffner?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 50. That works out to about 133 pleasant days a year, more than 86% of towns.
Is Seffner good for families?
Schools beat 58% of towns, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $973 a month.
Compare Seffner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seffner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seffner 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.
Seffner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seffner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seffner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seffner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seffner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seffner 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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