How Lighthouse Point compares across Florida
Lighthouse Point is ranked on 32 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
Milder winters than 96% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Lighthouse Point’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Lighthouse Point does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lighthouse Point marked.
Lighthouse Point lands in the top half on 13 of 22 lists
Each dot is Lighthouse Point’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Lighthouse Point does best come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for safety
Lists where Lighthouse Point sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Lighthouse Point out-ranks 1 of its 2 ranked neighbors
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 Lighthouse Point 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
#30
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#30
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#52
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#24
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#44
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#226 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#88
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#537
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#99
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#133
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#511 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#415
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#83 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
#13
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
#8 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #385Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#168
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#186
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#155
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
The number on the right is Lighthouse Point’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.