Hialeah makes Florida’s top 10 on 2 lists
Hialeah is ranked on 35 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Hialeah does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Hialeah marked.
Hialeah lands in the top half on 7 of 24 lists
Each dot is Hialeah’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Hialeah does best come first.
Wetter than 94% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Hialeah’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Hialeah sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Hialeah out-ranks 4 of its 7 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 Hialeah 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
#434
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#244
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#615
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#622
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#7
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#4 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#377
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#426
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#57 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#393
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#339
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#264
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#176 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#523
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#135
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#123
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #399People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#435
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#401
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#233
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#283
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#428 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
#18
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
#19 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#46
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#312
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#221
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#33 Safety
Safest#1 Gulf Breeze · 4.8
The number on the right is Hialeah’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.