Hernando Beach ranks #44 in Florida for health insurance
Hernando Beach is ranked on 29 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
Longer growing season than 98% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Hernando Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Hernando Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Hernando Beach marked.
Hernando Beach lands in the top half on 9 of 18 lists
Each dot is Hernando Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Hernando Beach does best come first.
Every FL list, and where Hernando Beach 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
#338
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#446
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#300
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#218
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#44
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#380
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#520 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#313
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#550
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#88
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#119
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#590 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#50
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#607 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#528
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#245
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#455
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #571Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#334
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#460
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#114
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#3
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#342 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#130
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#435
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 Hernando Beach’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.