Best Placesuniversity, Orlando, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around university, Orlando, 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.
university, Orlando ranks 3,056th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in university, Orlando
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.
university, Orlando's strengths and weaknesses
Where university, Orlando ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where university, Orlando ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in university, Orlando
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median university, Orlando home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,548, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 university, Orlando's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 university, Orlando
university, Orlando runs younger 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 university, Orlando.
Who works in university, Orlando, and how
Work in university, Orlando centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in university, Orlando
university, Orlando has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 44 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of university, Orlando and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in university, Orlando, month by month
university, Orlando sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of university, Orlando
Orlando International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 28.1 million passengers in 2025, with 223 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around university, Orlando
Schools across university, Orlando average a B, better than 73% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Carillon Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- East Lake ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Camelot ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Heights Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Discovery MiddleA · 59% proficient
- Corner Lake MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Hagerty High SchoolA · 74% proficient
- University HighB · 49% proficient
- East River HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every university, Orlando school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
university, Orlando 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 university, Orlando against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who university, Orlando suits
Retirees
The weather beats 67% of neighborhoods and it is quieter than 90%.
Common questions about living in university, Orlando
Is university, Orlando a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, university, Orlando ranks 3,056th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on empty homes 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 university, Orlando expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $290,954. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $76,548 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is university, Orlando safe?
Yes, university, Orlando is safer than 80% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in university, Orlando?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 50. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 67% of neighborhoods.
Is university, Orlando good for families?
Schools beat 73% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 80%, and childcare runs $910 a month.
Compare university, Orlando with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to university, Orlando. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in university, Orlando 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.
university, Orlando detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for university, Orlando: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in university, Orlando: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of university, Orlando: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in university, Orlando: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
university, Orlando 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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