Medulla ranks #22 in Florida for affordable rent
Medulla 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 3.
The lists Medulla does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Medulla marked.
Medulla lands in the top half on 9 of 19 lists
Each dot is Medulla’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Medulla does best come first.
More year-round than 89% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Medulla’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Medulla out-ranks 2 of its 3 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 Medulla 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
#271
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#153
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#257
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#22 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #245Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#369
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#565
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#360
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#218
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#350
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#565
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#524 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#310
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#106
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#533
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#462
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#155 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#476 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#328
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#196
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#357
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#203 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#560
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#286
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 Medulla’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.