Estero ranks #23 in Florida for fewest smokers
Estero is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 14.
More seniors than 95% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Estero’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Estero 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 Estero does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Estero marked.
Estero lands in the top half on 17 of 22 lists
Each dot is Estero’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Estero does best come first.
Every FL list, and where Estero 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
#111
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#47
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#23
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#111
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#80
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#288 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#95
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#595
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#41
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#34
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#564 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#102
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#67
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#322 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#43
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#84
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #249Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#478
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#466
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#498
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#48 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#120
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#208
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#342
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#255 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 Estero’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.