Best PlacesThe Reserve, Port St. Lucie, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around The Reserve, Port St. Lucie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
The Reserve, Port St. Lucie ranks 3,437th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie
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 Reserve, Port St. Lucie's strengths and weaknesses
Where The Reserve, Port St. Lucie ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
Where The Reserve, Port St. Lucie ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie
A household needs to earn about $133,000 a year to comfortably buy the median The Reserve, Port St. Lucie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,915, 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 Reserve, Port St. Lucie's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Reserve, Port St. Lucie
The Reserve, Port St. Lucie 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 The Reserve, Port St. Lucie.
Who works in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie, and how
Work in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across The Reserve, Port St. Lucie, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie, month by month
The Reserve, Port St. Lucie sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 76, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| April | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 70° |
Flying in and out of The Reserve, Port St. Lucie
The nearest airport, Vero Beach Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Palm Beach International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around The Reserve, Port St. Lucie
Schools across The Reserve, Port St. Lucie average a B, better than 69% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Allapattah Flats K-8B · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Oaks Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Treasure Coast High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every The Reserve, Port St. Lucie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
The Reserve, Port St. Lucie 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 Reserve, Port St. Lucie against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie
Is The Reserve, Port St. Lucie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, The Reserve, Port St. Lucie ranks 3,437th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, low crime, and civic engagement, and lowest on disaster risk and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is The Reserve, Port St. Lucie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $483,209. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $79,915 median income, cost of living beats 71% of neighborhoods.
Is The Reserve, Port St. Lucie safe?
Yes, The Reserve, Port St. Lucie is safer than 98% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $104 per resident a year.
Compare The Reserve, Port St. Lucie with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to The Reserve, Port St. Lucie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie 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 Reserve, Port St. Lucie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for The Reserve, Port St. Lucie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of The Reserve, Port St. Lucie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in The Reserve, Port St. Lucie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
The Reserve, Port St. Lucie 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.
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