Best PlacesVenice, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Venice, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime read low across the board, which puts the choice down to which part suits you. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Venice ranks 765th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Venice
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 best areas in Venice
The parts of Venice, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Plantation, Gran Paradiso & Sarasota National
Stoneybrook-Sarasota
Pelican Pointe, Venice Center & Venice Isle
Venice Farms
Bay Indies, Capri Isles & North Venice Farms West
Golden Beach
Scores across Venice run from about the 24th to the 90th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Venice's strengths and weaknesses
Where Venice ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of cities
Where Venice ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Venice
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Venice home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,846, 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 Venice's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Venice
Venice 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 Venice.
Who works in Venice, and how
Work in Venice centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Venice
Venice has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. The coast is about 8 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Venice and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Venice, month by month
Venice sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 56. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 63° | 56° |
| April | 82° | 75° | 67° |
| July | 91° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 79° | 72° |
Flying in and out of Venice
The nearest airport, Sarasota/Bradenton International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Southwest Florida International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Venice
Schools across Venice average an A, better than 91% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Venice Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Laurel Nokomis SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Garden Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Student Leadership AcademyA+ · 70% proficient
- Venice Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Sky Academy VeniceA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Venice Senior High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- North Port High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Venice school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Venice 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 Venice against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Venice suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 25% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 84% of cities, health care access beats 100%, and it is quieter than 90%.
Common questions about living in Venice
Is Venice a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Venice ranks 765th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on empty homes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Venice expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $433,644. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $84,846 median income, cost of living beats 54% of cities.
Is Venice safe?
Yes, Venice is safer than 94% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $131 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Venice?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 56. That works out to about 157 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Venice?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Plantation, Gran Paradiso & Sarasota National, Stoneybrook-Sarasota, and Pelican Pointe, Venice Center & Venice Isle. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Venice with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Venice. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Venice 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.
Venice detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Venice: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Venice: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Venice: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Venice: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Venice 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.