Apollo Beach ranks #19 in Florida for growth
Apollo Beach is ranked on 29 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 10.
The lists Apollo Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Apollo Beach marked.
Apollo Beach lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Apollo Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Apollo Beach does best come first.
More kids than 82% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Apollo Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Apollo Beach out-ranks 3 of its 4 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Apollo Beach lands in every FL ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#82
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#98
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#45
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#385 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#34
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#89
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#439 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#163
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#283
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#351
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#363
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#116 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#490
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#571
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#586
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #587Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#178
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#319
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#228
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#319 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#283
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
Safety
Safest#1 Gulf Breeze · 4.8
The number on the right is Apollo Beach’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every FL list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.