Best PlacesWesley Chapel, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wesley Chapel, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wesley Chapel ranks 662nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wesley Chapel
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 Wesley Chapel
The parts of Wesley Chapel, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Meadow Point
Seven Oaks
Ashton Oaks
West Meadows
Scores across Wesley Chapel run from about the 20th to the 93rd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Wesley Chapel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wesley Chapel ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of cities
Where Wesley Chapel ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of cities
- Short commute31.1 minutes each way, better than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wesley Chapel
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wesley Chapel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $108,125; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Wesley Chapel'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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wesley Chapel
Wesley Chapel runs younger 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 Wesley Chapel.
Who works in Wesley Chapel, and how
Work in Wesley Chapel centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wesley Chapel
Wesley Chapel has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. The coast is about 26 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wesley Chapel and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wesley Chapel, month by month
Wesley Chapel sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 86° | 74° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Wesley Chapel
Tampa International sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wesley Chapel
Schools across Wesley Chapel average an A−, better than 87% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sand Pine Elementary SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Wesley Chapel Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Seven Oaks Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dr. John Long Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Charles S. Rushe Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Liberty Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Wiregrass Ranch High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Sunlake High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Wesley Chapel High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wesley Chapel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wesley Chapel suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 27% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wesley Chapel
Is Wesley Chapel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wesley Chapel ranks 662nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on walkability and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wesley Chapel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $415,920. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $108,125 median income, cost of living beats 80% of cities.
Is Wesley Chapel safe?
Yes, Wesley Chapel is safer than 90% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $134 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wesley Chapel?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 47. That works out to about 103 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Wesley Chapel?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Meadow Point, Seven Oaks, and Ashton Oaks. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Wesley Chapel with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wesley Chapel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wesley Chapel 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.
Wesley Chapel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wesley Chapel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wesley Chapel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wesley Chapel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wesley Chapel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wesley Chapel 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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