Holmes Beach ranks #8 in Florida for health insurance
Holmes Beach is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 9.
Older than 97% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Holmes Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Holmes Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Holmes Beach marked.
Holmes Beach lands in the top half on 14 of 21 lists
Each dot is Holmes Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Holmes Beach does best come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for college degrees
Lists where Holmes Beach sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every FL list, and where Holmes 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
#107
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#110
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#23
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#45
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#8
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#444 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#27
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#619
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#17
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#603 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#216
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#82 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#29
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#91
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #394Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#588
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#395
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#599
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
The number on the right is Holmes Beach’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.