Best PlacesWimauma, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wimauma, 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.
Wimauma ranks 15,486th 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 Wimauma
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.
Wimauma's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wimauma ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
Where Wimauma ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wimauma
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wimauma home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $88,874; 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 Wimauma's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Wimauma
Wimauma 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 Wimauma.
Who works in Wimauma, and how
Work in Wimauma centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wimauma
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Wimauma, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wimauma, month by month
Wimauma sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 77° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Wimauma
Tampa International sits about 22 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 Wimauma
Schools across Wimauma average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Annie Lucy Williams Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Rcma Wimauma Community AcademyB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Barrington Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Buffalo Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Shields Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Lennard High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Palmetto High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Ami Kids YesD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wimauma school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wimauma 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 Wimauma against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wimauma
Is Wimauma a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wimauma ranks 15,486th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, 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 Wimauma expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $363,078. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $88,874 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Wimauma safe?
Yes, Wimauma is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $130 per resident a year.
Compare Wimauma with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wimauma. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wimauma 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.
Wimauma detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wimauma: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wimauma: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wimauma: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wimauma: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wimauma 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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