Crystal River ranks #5 in Florida for short commutes
Crystal River is ranked on 32 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Crystal River does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Crystal River marked.
Crystal River lands in the top half on 8 of 21 lists
Each dot is Crystal River’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Crystal River does best come first.
More seniors than 93% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Crystal River’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for short commutes
Lists where Crystal River sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Crystal River 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.
Where Crystal River 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.
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #5Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#294
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#17
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#342
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#36
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#209
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#505 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#451
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#357
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#417
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#455
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#167
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#299
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#580 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#317
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#571
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#65
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#44
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#545 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#71
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#154
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#309
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#43 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#419
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#331
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#240
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#406 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 Crystal River’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.