A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Belleview$1,500/mo

Typical home $253K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $1,257/mo · Housing →

Sebring$1,410/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $1,019/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Belleview and Sebring.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Belleview places higher on 14 of 20 FL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Florida ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

C−BelleviewBetter than 16% of districts in the state DSebringBetter than 10% of districts in the state

Health

C−BelleviewHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns DSebringHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

14Belleview

6Sebring

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 614 towns #131#490 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 635 towns #314#623 Most conserved landOutdoors · 578 towns #227#493 Shortest commuteGetting around · 635 towns #329#59 Most trailsOutdoors · 430 towns #210#368 Most activeHealth · 633 towns #351#574 Most walkableOutdoors · 635 towns #272#479 Lowest depressionHealth · 633 towns #565#380

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Belleview’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BelleviewSebring

Snow a year0″0″

January low46°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)327d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 73rd

Outdoors & history

BelleviewSebring

Trails2 mi 4 mi

Conserved land4.4%0.7%

Settled1884 1912

National Register places2 11

Archive photos21 6

Famous people born here1 12

Community

BelleviewSebring

Library hours a week49 hrs 40 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

116 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BelleviewFL SebringFL

Belleview ↔ Sebring116 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Florida average

BelleviewSebring

People

Population 5,805Lowest 11,382Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +20.5%Highest FL: +14.6% +2.3%Lowest FL: +14.6%

Median age 42.5±4.2Lowest about the FL average 45.6±2.5Highest 7% above FL

Sebring and Belleview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 17%±5.1Lowest FL: 19.5% 19.9%±3.7Highest FL: 19.5%

Sebring and Belleview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 22.4%±5.8Lowest FL: 21.3% 26.4%±3.6Highest FL: 21.3%

Sebring and Belleview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.1%Highest FL: 34.1% 21%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±3.7Highest FL: 6.1% 5.4%±1.1Lowest FL: 6.1%

Belleview and Sebring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,813±$12kHighest 22% below FL $44,184±$5kLowest 41% below FL

Belleview and Sebring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $210,200±$22kHighest 41% below FL $191,600±$32kLowest 47% below FL

Belleview and Sebring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,257±$233Highest 25% below FL $1,019±$74Lowest 39% below FL

Belleview and Sebring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,724Highest 37% below FL $1,487Lowest 46% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.1%±16Lowest FL: 60.1% 64.6%±10.8Highest FL: 60.1%

Sebring and Belleview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 16.8%Lowest FL: 12.6% 24.1%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53.9%Highest FL: 67.6% 51.9%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 3 yrs older than FL 1979Lowest 9 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest about the FL average 21 minLowest 24% below FL

Work from home 15.5%±11.4Highest FL: 15.7% 9.3%±4Lowest FL: 15.7%

Belleview and Sebring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 4.4%Lowest 19.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 42.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.94Lowest 2.23Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Ocala (28%)Avon Park (4%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SebringFew work in Belleview

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.4%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.2 miLowest 3.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 82.7Highest 44.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #279 of 488 in FL #252 of 488 in FL

School district MARIONHIGHLANDS

High school in town None in townNone in town

Florida average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Belleview vs Sebring

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Belleview places higher on 14 of 20 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

116 miles apart

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