Goulding makes Florida’s top 10 on 2 lists
Goulding is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 5.
Wetter than 97% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Goulding’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Goulding does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Goulding marked.
Goulding lands in the top half on 6 of 18 lists
Each dot is Goulding’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Goulding does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Goulding sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Goulding 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 Goulding lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#6
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#68
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#5
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#295
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#71 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#630
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#625
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#629
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#606
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#516
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#380
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#36 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #216
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#619
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#183
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#456
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#406
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#534 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#497
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#439
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#135
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#35
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#20 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#601
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#338
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 Goulding’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.