Hilliard ranks #38 in Florida for public schools
Hilliard is ranked on 32 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
Hotter summers than 100% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Hilliard’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Hilliard does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Hilliard marked.
Hilliard lands in the top half on 8 of 20 lists
Each dot is Hilliard’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Hilliard does best come first.
Every FL list, and where Hilliard 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
#137
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#91
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#123
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#617
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#98
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#278
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#481
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#513
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#547
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#318
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#296
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#565
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#470 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#266
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#500 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #530
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#589
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#61
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#575
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#449
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#20 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#530
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#2
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#552
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#71
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#527 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 Hilliard’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
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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.