Best PlacesVineland, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vineland, 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.
Vineland ranks 7,873rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vineland
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.
Vineland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vineland ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
Where Vineland ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vineland
A household needs to earn about $215,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vineland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $130,651, 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 Vineland's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Vineland
Vineland runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vineland.
Who works in Vineland, and how
Work in Vineland centers on arts & entertainment and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vineland
Vineland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Vineland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vineland, month by month
Vineland sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| April | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Vineland
Orlando International sits about 12 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 Vineland
Schools across Vineland average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sand Lake ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Tangelo Park ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridgewater MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Southwest MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Freedom MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- West Orange HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Dr. Phillips HighB− · 43% proficient
- Freedom HighB− · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vineland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vineland 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 Vineland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vineland
Is Vineland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vineland ranks 7,873rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, state infrastructure, and what local pay buys, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vineland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $814,956. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $130,651 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Vineland safe?
Vineland is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
Compare Vineland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vineland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vineland 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.
Vineland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vineland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vineland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vineland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vineland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vineland 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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