How Atlantic Beach compares across Florida
Atlantic Beach is ranked on 33 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 Atlantic Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Atlantic Beach marked.
Atlantic Beach lands in the top half on 14 of 22 lists
Each dot is Atlantic Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Atlantic Beach does best come first.
More homes per newcomer than 94% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Atlantic Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for safety
Lists where Atlantic Beach sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Atlantic Beach out-ranks 1 of its 2 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 Atlantic 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.
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#49
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#444
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#191
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#157
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#373 
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#138
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#162
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#148
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#481
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#146 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #263Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#225
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#237
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#518 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#299
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#179
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#260
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#172 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#567
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#546
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#520
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
The number on the right is Atlantic Beach’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.