How Ferry Pass compares across Florida
Ferry Pass is ranked on 32 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
Wetter than 99% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Ferry Pass’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Ferry Pass does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ferry Pass marked.
Ferry Pass lands in the top half on 11 of 21 lists
Each dot is Ferry Pass’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Ferry Pass does best come first.
Ferry Pass out-ranks 0 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.
Every FL list, and where Ferry Pass lands
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 #77Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#170
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#202
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#111
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#70 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#278
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#357
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#218
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#209
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#565
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#111 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#283
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#113
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#520
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#255
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#386 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#561
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#424
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#441 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#493
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#422
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#118
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#35
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#4 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#526
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#487
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 Ferry Pass’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.