Best PlacesWright, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wright, 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.
Wright ranks 1,506th 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 Wright
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 Wright
The parts of Wright, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Shangra Woods
Bent Tree-Wright
Hidden Trails & Magnolia Square
Scores across Wright run from about the 14th to the 84th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Wright's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wright ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 78% of cities
Where Wright ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wright
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wright home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,216; 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 Wright's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Wright
Wright runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wright.
Who works in Wright, and how
Work in Wright centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wright
Wright has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Wright and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wright, month by month
Wright sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 76° | 68° | 58° |
| July | 90° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Wright
The nearest airport, Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 218 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wright
Schools across Wright average a B+, better than 69% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Kenwood Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Wright Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Mary Esther Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- W. C. Pryor Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Max Bruner Junior Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Walton Beach High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Choctawhatchee Senior High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wright school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wright 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 Wright against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wright suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 4% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wright
Is Wright a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wright ranks 1,506th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and low property taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wright expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,386. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $74,216 median income, cost of living beats 37% of cities.
Is Wright safe?
Wright is safer than 47% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wright?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 44. That works out to about 106 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Wright?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Shangra Woods, Bent Tree-Wright, and Hidden Trails & Magnolia Square. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Wright with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wright. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wright 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.
Wright detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wright: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wright: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wright: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wright: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wright 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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