Bagdad ranks #34 in Florida for cheap rent
Bagdad 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 7.
Colder winters than 95% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Bagdad’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Bagdad does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bagdad marked.
Bagdad lands in the top half on 13 of 19 lists
Each dot is Bagdad’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Bagdad does best come first.
Every FL list, and where Bagdad lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#120
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#34
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#114
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#173
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#244
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#300
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#71
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#380
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#115 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#364
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#254
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#385
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#281
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#308 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #426Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#457
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#532 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#527
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#301
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#269
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#101
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#27 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#594
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 Bagdad’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.