Best PlacesTequesta, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tequesta, 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.
Tequesta ranks 12,227th 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 Tequesta
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.
Tequesta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tequesta ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Tequesta ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tequesta
A household needs to earn about $184,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tequesta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $121,807, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Tequesta's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Tequesta
Tequesta 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 Tequesta.
Who works in Tequesta, and how
Work in Tequesta centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Tequesta
Tequesta has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Tequesta and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tequesta, month by month
Tequesta sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 58. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 66° | 58° |
| April | 83° | 76° | 69° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 77° |
| October | 85° | 79° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Tequesta
Palm Beach International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tequesta
Schools across Tequesta average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hobe Sound Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jupiter Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Murray Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Jupiter High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- South Fork High SchoolB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tequesta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tequesta 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 Tequesta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tequesta
Is Tequesta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tequesta ranks 12,227th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, walkability, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tequesta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $711,508. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $121,807 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Tequesta safe?
Tequesta is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Tequesta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tequesta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tequesta 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.
Tequesta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tequesta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tequesta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tequesta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tequesta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tequesta 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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