Bee Ridge ranks #5 in Florida for public schools
Bee Ridge is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 8.
The lists Bee Ridge does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bee Ridge marked.
Bee Ridge lands in the top half on 15 of 20 lists
Each dot is Bee Ridge’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Bee Ridge does best come first.
Steadier prices than 93% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Bee Ridge’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for public schools
Lists where Bee Ridge sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Bee Ridge 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.
Every FL list, and where Bee Ridge lands
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
#187
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#98
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#179
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#299
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#29 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #71People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#157
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#517
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#118
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#89
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#465 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#307
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#184
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#200 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#430
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#534
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#365
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#223
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#131
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#425
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#212 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#255
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#488
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 Bee Ridge’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.