Heathrow makes Florida’s top 10 on 5 lists
Heathrow is ranked on 28 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 11.
Heathrow is on Florida’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Heathrow marked.
Heathrow lands in the top half on 14 of 18 lists
Each dot is Heathrow’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Heathrow does best come first.
More year-round than 92% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Heathrow’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for staying active
Lists where Heathrow sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Heathrow 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.
Every FL list, and where Heathrow 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
#3
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#30
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#9
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#4
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#20
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#64
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#344 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#15
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#495
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#140
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#220
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#499 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #241Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#293 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#558
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#547
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#501
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#372
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#78
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#483
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#452 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#581
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#468
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 Heathrow’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.