Best PlacesVerdie, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Verdie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Verdie ranks 2,822nd of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Verdie
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.
Verdie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Verdie ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Verdie ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute31.9 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Verdie
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Verdie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,038, 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 Verdie's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Verdie
Verdie runs younger 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 Verdie.
Who works in Verdie, and how
Work in Verdie centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Verdie
The coast is about 49 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Verdie, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Verdie, month by month
Verdie sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs October through May.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 55° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Verdie
Jacksonville International sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.7 million passengers in 2025, with 86 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Verdie
Schools across Verdie average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bryceville Elementary SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Callahan Intermediate SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Dinsmore Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Callahan Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Joseph Stilwell Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- West Nassau County High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Baldwin Middle-senior High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Verdie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Verdie 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 Verdie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Verdie
Is Verdie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Verdie ranks 2,822nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, the weather, and low crime, and lowest on car insurance costs and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Verdie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $343,300. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $108,038 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Verdie safe?
Yes, Verdie is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $95 per resident a year.
Compare Verdie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Verdie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Verdie 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.
Verdie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Verdie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Verdie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Verdie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Verdie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Verdie 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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