Best PlacesThe Hammocks, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around The Hammocks, 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 Hammocks ranks 1,597th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in The Hammocks
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 Hammocks' strengths and weaknesses
Where The Hammocks ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 80% of cities
- BikingBetter than 80% of cities
Where The Hammocks ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of cities
- Short commute35.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in The Hammocks
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median The Hammocks home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,749, 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 Hammocks' effective rate of 0.83%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in The Hammocks
The Hammocks runs older than the country, 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 Hammocks.
Who works in The Hammocks, and how
Work in The Hammocks 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 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in The Hammocks
The Hammocks has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of The Hammocks and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in The Hammocks, month by month
The Hammocks sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 57. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 66° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 79° | 72° |
Flying in and out of The Hammocks
Miami International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around The Hammocks
Schools across The Hammocks average a B, better than 65% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Kendall Square K-8 CenterA+ · 75% proficient
- Calusa Elementary SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Kendale Lakes Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Arvida Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Howard D. Mcmillan Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Jorge Mas Canosa Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Felix Varela Senior High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every The Hammocks school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
The Hammocks 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 Hammocks against the other 2,097 cities.
Who The Hammocks suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in The Hammocks
Is The Hammocks a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, The Hammocks ranks 1,597th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and population health, and lowest on car insurance costs 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 Hammocks expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $462,405. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $89,749 median income, cost of living beats 28% of cities.
Is The Hammocks safe?
The Hammocks is safer than 22% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in The Hammocks?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 57. That works out to about 91 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of cities.
Is The Hammocks good for families?
Schools beat 65% of cities, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare The Hammocks with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to The Hammocks. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in The Hammocks 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 Hammocks detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for The Hammocks: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in The Hammocks: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of The Hammocks: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in The Hammocks: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
The Hammocks 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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