Best PlacesWakulla Springs, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wakulla Springs, 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 Springs ranks 35,127th 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 Springs
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 Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wakulla Springs ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Wakulla Springs ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$51,548 median, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wakulla Springs
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wakulla Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,548, 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 Springs' effective rate of 0.52%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wakulla Springs
Wakulla Springs runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wakulla Springs.
Who works in Wakulla Springs, and how
Work in Wakulla Springs centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wakulla Springs
Wakulla Springs has more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 40 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Wakulla Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wakulla Springs, month by month
Wakulla Springs sees roughly 94 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 Springs
The nearest airport, Tallahassee International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wakulla Springs
Schools across Wakulla Springs average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riversink Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- J Michael Conley Elementary School At SouthwoodB− · 44% proficient
- Fort Braden SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riversprings Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Fairview Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- R. Frank Nims Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Wakulla High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- SailB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wakulla Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wakulla Springs 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 Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wakulla Springs
Is Wakulla Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wakulla Springs ranks 35,127th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, biking, and transit, 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 Wakulla Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,780. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $51,548 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Wakulla Springs safe?
Wakulla Springs is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Wakulla Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wakulla Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wakulla Springs 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 Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wakulla Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wakulla Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wakulla Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wakulla Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wakulla Springs 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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