Beacon Square ranks #34 in Florida for low property taxes
Beacon Square is ranked on 24 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
Beacon Square out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
The lists Beacon Square does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Beacon Square marked.
Beacon Square lands in the top half on 9 of 18 lists
Each dot is Beacon Square’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Beacon Square does best come first.
Faster-rising prices than 73% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Beacon Square’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Beacon Square 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#52
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#197
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#34
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#107
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#125 
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#501
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#446
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#512
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#455
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#350
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#565
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#192 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #376
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#524
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#371
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#265
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#383
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#352 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#176
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#144
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 Beacon Square’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.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.