Best PlacesTreasure Island, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Treasure Island, 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.
Treasure Island ranks 12,493rd 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 Treasure Island
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.
Treasure Island's strengths and weaknesses
Where Treasure Island ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Treasure Island ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Treasure Island
A household needs to earn about $169,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Treasure Island home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,297, 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 Treasure Island's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Treasure Island
Treasure Island 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 Treasure Island.
Who works in Treasure Island, and how
Work in Treasure Island centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Treasure Island
Treasure Island has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. The coast is about 1 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Treasure Island and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Treasure Island, month by month
Treasure Island sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 61° | 54° |
| April | 83° | 75° | 68° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 78° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Treasure Island
The nearest airport, St Pete-Clearwater International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Tampa International, about 20 miles away.
The best schools in and around Treasure Island
Schools across Treasure Island average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gulf Beaches Elementary Magnet SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Azalea Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Azalea Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Boca Ciega High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Treasure Island school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Treasure Island 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 Treasure Island against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Treasure Island
Is Treasure Island a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Treasure Island ranks 12,493rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, biking, and transit, and lowest on summer heat and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Treasure Island expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $654,542. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $94,297 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Treasure Island safe?
Yes, Treasure Island is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $172 per resident a year.
Compare Treasure Island with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Treasure Island. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Treasure Island 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.
Treasure Island detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Treasure Island: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Treasure Island: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Treasure Island: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Treasure Island: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Treasure Island 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.