Key Biscayne makes Florida’s top 10 on 5 lists
Key Biscayne is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 12.
Key Biscayne is on Florida’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Key Biscayne marked.
Milder winters than 99% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Key Biscayne’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Key Biscayne lands in the top half on 16 of 21 lists
Each dot is Key Biscayne’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Key Biscayne does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for household income
Lists where Key Biscayne sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every FL list, and where Key Biscayne lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#2
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#311
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#326
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#444
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#12 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#16
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#16
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#2
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#71
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#296
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#7
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#242 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #137
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#306
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#172
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#90 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#54
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#182
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#18 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#628
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#622
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#623
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#8
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#549
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#5
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#90 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 Key Biscayne’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.