Freeport ranks #5 in Florida for growth
Freeport is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
Wetter than 95% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Freeport’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Freeport does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Freeport marked.
Freeport lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Freeport’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Freeport does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for growth
Lists where Freeport sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Freeport 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
#225
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#199
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#360
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#111
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#209
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#481
Closest to a top hospital#1 New Smyrna Beach · 0.0 mi
#470 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#193
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#68
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#581 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#294
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#116
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#523
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#538
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#44 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#423
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#440
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#279
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #612Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#516
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#477
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#81
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#77
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#26 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#365
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#373
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 Freeport’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.