Best PlacesSouth Highpoint, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around South Highpoint, 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.
South Highpoint ranks 27,299th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in South Highpoint
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.
South Highpoint's strengths and weaknesses
Where South Highpoint ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where South Highpoint ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in South Highpoint
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median South Highpoint home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $61,163; 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 South Highpoint's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 South Highpoint
South Highpoint runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for South Highpoint.
Who works in South Highpoint, and how
Work in South Highpoint centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in South Highpoint
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across South Highpoint, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in South Highpoint, month by month
South Highpoint sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of South Highpoint
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 12 miles away.
The best schools in and around South Highpoint
Schools across South Highpoint average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- High Point Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Frontier Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fitzgerald Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Pinellas Park High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every South Highpoint school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
South Highpoint 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 South Highpoint against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in South Highpoint
Is South Highpoint a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, South Highpoint ranks 27,299th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is South Highpoint expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,093. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $61,163 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is South Highpoint safe?
South Highpoint is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
Compare South Highpoint with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to South Highpoint. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in South Highpoint 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.
South Highpoint detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for South Highpoint: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in South Highpoint: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of South Highpoint: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in South Highpoint: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
South Highpoint 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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