Best PlacesVilano Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vilano Beach, 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.
Vilano Beach ranks 5,427th 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 Vilano Beach
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.
Vilano Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vilano Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
Where Vilano Beach ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,222 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vilano Beach
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vilano Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,311, 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 Vilano Beach's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vilano Beach
Vilano Beach 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 Vilano Beach.
Who works in Vilano Beach, and how
Work in Vilano Beach centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Vilano Beach
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Vilano Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vilano Beach, month by month
Vilano Beach sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 57° | 46° |
| April | 80° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 75° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Vilano Beach
Jacksonville International sits about 41 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 Vilano Beach
Schools across Vilano Beach average a B+, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- R. B. Hunt Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Palencia Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Ketterlinus Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pacetti Bay Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Sebastian Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Allen D Nease Senior High SchoolA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vilano Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vilano Beach 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 Vilano Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vilano Beach
Is Vilano Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vilano Beach ranks 5,427th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vilano Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $579,930. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $115,311 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Vilano Beach safe?
Yes, Vilano Beach is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $152 per resident a year.
Compare Vilano Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vilano Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vilano Beach 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.
Vilano Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vilano Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vilano Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vilano Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vilano Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vilano Beach 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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