Best PlacesWellington, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wellington, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wellington ranks 667th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wellington
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.
The best areas in Wellington
The parts of Wellington, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Binks Forest of the Landings
Greenview Shores of Wellington
Olympia, Villagewalk of Wellington & Orange Grove Estates
South Shore of Wellington
Sugar Pond Manor of Wellington
Wellingtons Edge
Meadowland Cove of Wellington
Scores across Wellington run from about the 22nd to the 95th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Wellington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wellington ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of cities
- QuietBetter than 89% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 88% of cities
Where Wellington ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Short commute31.4 minutes each way, better than only 17% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wellington
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wellington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,198, 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 Wellington's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wellington
Wellington runs older 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 Wellington.
Who works in Wellington, and how
Work in Wellington centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wellington
Wellington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. The coast is about 19 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wellington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wellington, month by month
Wellington sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 78, with lows near 57. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| April | 85° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 87° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Wellington
Palm Beach International sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.3 million passengers in 2025, with 67 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wellington
Schools across Wellington average an A, better than 88% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Equestrian Trails ElementaryA+ · 81% proficient
- Panther Run Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Binks Forest Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wellington Landings MiddleA+ · 69% proficient
- Polo Park Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Emerald Cove Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Wellington High SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Palm Beach Central High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Glades Central High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wellington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wellington 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 Wellington against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wellington suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 78% of cities and 21% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wellington
Is Wellington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wellington ranks 667th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on disaster risk and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wellington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $631,568. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $134,198 median income, cost of living beats 78% of cities.
Is Wellington safe?
Yes, Wellington is safer than 75% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wellington?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 78 with lows near 57. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 53% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Wellington?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Binks Forest of the Landings, Greenview Shores of Wellington, and Olympia, Villagewalk of Wellington & Orange Grove Estates. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Wellington with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wellington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wellington 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.
Wellington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wellington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wellington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wellington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wellington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wellington 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.