Destin ranks #21 in Florida for affordable rent
Destin is ranked on 34 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
Wetter than 100% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Destin’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Destin does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Destin marked.
Destin lands in the top half on 17 of 22 lists
Each dot is Destin’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Destin does best come first.
Destin out-ranks 0 of its 1 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.
Every FL list, and where Destin 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
#109
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#162
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
#250 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#131
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#287
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#349
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#354
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#325 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#505
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#468
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#411
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#21 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#178
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#247
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#300 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #252Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#22
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#111
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#472
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#175 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#504
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#527
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#31
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#12
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#1 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 Destin’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.