Best PlacesSt. Leo, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Leo, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
St. Leo ranks 3,549th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in St. Leo
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.
St. Leo's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Leo ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where St. Leo ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 17% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Leo
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Leo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $113,366; 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 St. Leo'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 St. Leo
St. Leo runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for St. Leo.
Who works in St. Leo, and how
Work in St. Leo centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in St. Leo
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across St. Leo, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. Leo, month by month
St. Leo sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 86° | 74° | 66° |
Flying in and out of St. Leo
Tampa International sits about 30 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 St. Leo
Schools across St. Leo average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- San Antonio Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pasco Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Pasco High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Leo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Leo 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 St. Leo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Leo
Is St. Leo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Leo ranks 3,549th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low crime, and a strong job market, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Leo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $476,961. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $113,366 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is St. Leo safe?
Yes, St. Leo is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $85 per resident a year.
Compare St. Leo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Leo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Leo 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.
St. Leo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Leo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Leo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Leo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Leo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Leo 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.