Best PlacesWakulla Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wakulla Beach, 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.
Wakulla Beach ranks 31,668th 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 Wakulla 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.
Wakulla Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wakulla Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Wakulla Beach ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.6 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wakulla Beach
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wakulla Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,146, 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 Wakulla Beach's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wakulla Beach
Wakulla 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 Wakulla Beach.
Who works in Wakulla Beach, and how
Work in Wakulla Beach centers on professional & technical and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wakulla Beach
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Wakulla Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wakulla Beach, month by month
Wakulla Beach sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 40° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Wakulla Beach
The nearest airport, Tallahassee International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 159 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wakulla Beach
Schools across Wakulla Beach average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Medart Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wakulla Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Wakulla High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wakulla Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wakulla 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 Wakulla Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wakulla Beach
Is Wakulla Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wakulla Beach ranks 31,668th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on car insurance costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wakulla Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,660. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $81,146 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Wakulla Beach safe?
Wakulla Beach is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
Compare Wakulla Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wakulla Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wakulla 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.
Wakulla Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wakulla Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wakulla Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wakulla Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wakulla Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wakulla 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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