Malabar ranks #27 in Florida for trails
Malabar is ranked on 29 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
Cooler summers than 100% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Malabar’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Malabar does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Malabar marked.
Malabar lands in the top half on 15 of 19 lists
Each dot is Malabar’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Malabar does best come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for trails
Lists where Malabar sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Malabar 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 Malabar lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#56
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#27
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#610 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#186
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#312
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#111
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#44
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#299
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#245 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#186
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#510
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#127
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#327
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#479 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #247Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#303
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#110
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#465
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#469
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#332
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#138
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#552
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#4
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#424 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 Malabar’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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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.