Lutz ranks #45 in Florida for staying active
Lutz is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 11.
The lists Lutz does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lutz marked.
Lutz lands in the top half on 14 of 21 lists
Each dot is Lutz’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Lutz does best come first.
More year-round than 86% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Lutz’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Lutz out-ranks 4 of its 5 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.
Where Lutz 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
#90
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#98
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#45
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#232 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#104
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#281
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#359
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#360
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#117 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#103
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#362
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#538 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#500
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#424
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#489
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#189 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #509Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#382
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#361
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#197
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#243 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#543
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
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 Lutz’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.