Best PlacesSilver Beach Heights, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Beach Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Silver Beach Heights ranks 8,390th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Beach Heights
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.
Silver Beach Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Beach Heights ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 89% of towns
Where Silver Beach Heights ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute31.7 minutes each way, better than only 25% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Beach Heights
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Beach Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $78,428; 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 Silver Beach Heights' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Silver Beach Heights
Silver Beach Heights runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Silver Beach Heights.
Who works in Silver Beach Heights, and how
Work in Silver Beach Heights centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Silver Beach Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Silver Beach Heights.
What the weather is like in Silver Beach Heights, month by month
Silver Beach Heights sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Silver Beach Heights
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Silver Beach Heights
Schools across Silver Beach Heights average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Umatilla Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Spring Creek Charter SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Stanton-weirsdale Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Umatilla Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Lake Weir Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Umatilla High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Lake Weir High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver Beach Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver Beach Heights 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 Silver Beach Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Beach Heights
Is Silver Beach Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Beach Heights ranks 8,390th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Beach Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,200. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,428 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Silver Beach Heights safe?
Yes, Silver Beach Heights is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $63 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Beach Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Beach Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Beach Heights 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.
Silver Beach Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Beach Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Beach Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Beach Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Beach Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Beach Heights 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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