Best PlacesWinkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers ranks 5,449th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers
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.
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$820 a month, better than 87% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Household income$40,355 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $40,355; 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 Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers' effective rate of 0.66%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers 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 Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers.
Who works in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers, and how
Work in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 18 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers, month by month
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| April | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers
Southwest Florida International sits about 8 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers
Schools across Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Orangewood Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Ray V. Pottorf Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lexington Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- South Fort Myers High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Pace School For GirlsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers 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 Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers
Is Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers ranks 5,449th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,359. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $40,355 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers safe?
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers is safer than 23% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
Compare Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers 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.
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winkler Safe Neighborhood, Fort Myers 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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