Jensen Beach ranks #30 in Florida for affordable rent
Jensen Beach is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Jensen Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Jensen Beach marked.
Jensen Beach lands in the top half on 13 of 21 lists
Each dot is Jensen Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Jensen Beach does best come first.
Cooler summers than 88% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Jensen Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Jensen Beach 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.
Where Jensen Beach lands in every FL ranking
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
#231
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#73
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#179
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#299
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#521 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#429
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#144
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#412
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#30 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#83
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#342
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#341 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#246
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#536
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#98
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#99
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#509 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #344
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#100
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#489
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#63
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#141 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#131
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#283
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 Jensen 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.