LaBelle ranks #56 in Florida for new homes
LaBelle 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 3.
The lists LaBelle does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with LaBelle marked.
LaBelle lands in the top half on 6 of 21 lists
Each dot is LaBelle’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where LaBelle does best come first.
Hotter summers than 90% of Florida
Not better or worse, just LaBelle’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
LaBelle 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.
Every FL list, and where LaBelle 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
#88
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#315
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#90
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#178
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#56
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#117
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#19 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#146
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#217
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#562 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#553
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#480
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#467
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#590
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#605
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#553 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#511
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#185
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#452
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#504
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#279 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #590Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#235
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#54
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#517
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#420 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 LaBelle’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.