Longboat Key is #1 in Florida for health insurance
Longboat Key is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 11.
Longboat Key is on Florida’s podium 4 times
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Longboat Key marked.
Fewer kids than 99% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Longboat Key’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Longboat Key lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Longboat Key’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Longboat Key does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for household income
Lists where Longboat Key sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Longboat Key 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
#62
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#16
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#2
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#24
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#1
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#32
Closest to a top hospital#1 New Smyrna Beach · 0.0 mi
#297 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#11
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#624
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#12
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#8
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#628 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #139
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#7
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#147
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#90 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#426
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#201
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#589 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#621
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#623
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#616
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#191
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#235
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#313
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#326 
The number on the right is Longboat Key’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.