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%

Sebring$1,410/mo

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

Belleview$1,500/mo

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

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

Health

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

6Sebring

14Belleview

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

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

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sebring’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

SebringBelleview

Snow a year0″0″

January low—46°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—327d

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

Outdoors & history

SebringBelleview

Trails4 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.7%4.4%

Settled1912 1884

National Register places11 2

Archive photos6 21

Famous people born here12 1

Community

SebringBelleview

Library hours a week40 hrs 49 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

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.

SebringFL BelleviewFL

Sebring ↔ Belleview116 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

SebringBelleview

People

Population 11,382Highest 5,805Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 19.9%±3.7Highest FL: 19.5% 17%±5.1Lowest 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+ 26.4%±3.6Highest FL: 21.3% 22.4%±5.8Lowest 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+ 21%Lowest FL: 34.1% 23.1%Highest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±1.1Lowest FL: 6.1% 6.5%±3.7Highest 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 $44,184±$5kLowest 41% below FL $57,813±$12kHighest 22% 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 $191,600±$32kLowest 47% below FL $210,200±$22kHighest 41% 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 $1,019±$74Lowest 39% below FL $1,257±$233Highest 25% 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 $1,487Lowest 46% below FL $1,724Highest 37% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.6%±10.8Highest FL: 60.1% 42.1%±16Lowest 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 24.1%Highest FL: 12.6% 16.8%Lowest FL: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 9.3%±4Lowest FL: 15.7% 15.5%±11.4Highest 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 19.8%Highest 4.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 42.8 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BelleviewFew work in Sebring

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 4.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.9 miHighest 2.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 2Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district HIGHLANDSMARION

High school in town None in townNone in town

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Sebring vs Belleview

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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