Best PlacesThe Acreage, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around The Acreage, 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.
The Acreage ranks 1,114th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in The Acreage
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.
The Acreage's strengths and weaknesses
Where The Acreage ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 94% of cities
- QuietBetter than 92% of cities
Where The Acreage ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in The Acreage
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median The Acreage home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $113,360, 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 The Acreage's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 The Acreage
The Acreage runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 The Acreage.
Who works in The Acreage, and how
Work in The Acreage centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in The Acreage
The Acreage has more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. The coast is about 25 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of The Acreage and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in The Acreage, month by month
The Acreage sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 57. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| April | 85° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of The Acreage
Palm Beach International sits about 13 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 The Acreage
Schools across The Acreage average an A−, better than 79% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Golden Grove Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Frontier Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Pierce Hammock Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Western Pines Community MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Osceola Creek Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Seminole Ridge Community High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Royal Palm Beach High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every The Acreage school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
The Acreage 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 The Acreage against the other 2,097 cities.
Who The Acreage suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in The Acreage
Is The Acreage a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, The Acreage ranks 1,114th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, few empty homes, and low taxes, and lowest on walkability and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is The Acreage expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $536,084. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $113,360 median income, cost of living beats 58% of cities.
Is The Acreage safe?
Yes, The Acreage is safer than 80% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $147 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in The Acreage?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 57. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 53% of cities.
Is The Acreage good for families?
Schools beat 79% of cities, crime safety beats 80%, and childcare runs $1,238 a month.
Compare The Acreage with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to The Acreage. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in The Acreage 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.
The Acreage detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for The Acreage: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in The Acreage: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of The Acreage: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in The Acreage: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
The Acreage 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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