How Delray Beach compares across Florida
Delray Beach is ranked on 34 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Delray Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Delray Beach marked.
Delray Beach lands in the top half on 19 of 24 lists
Each dot is Delray Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Delray Beach does best come first.
Wetter than 92% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Delray Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for library borrowing
Lists where Delray Beach sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Delray Beach out-ranks 1 of its 3 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 Delray 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#229
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#73
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#269
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#252
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#432 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #106People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#152
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#481
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#155
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#156
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#515 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#240
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#144
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#96 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
#8
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
#11 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#121
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#121
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#143 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#438
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#482
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#451
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#120 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#52
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#420
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#116
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#46 Safety
Safest#1 Gulf Breeze · 4.8
The number on the right is Delray Beach’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.