Melbourne Beach ranks #10 in Florida for public schools
Melbourne Beach is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 10.
Cooler summers than 100% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Melbourne Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Melbourne Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Melbourne Beach marked.
Melbourne Beach lands in the top half on 16 of 21 lists
Each dot is Melbourne Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Melbourne Beach does best come first.
3 spots from the top 10 for college degrees
Lists where Melbourne Beach sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Melbourne Beach out-ranks 0 of its 1 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 Melbourne Beach 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.
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#13
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#539
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#97
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#120
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#488 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#74
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#244
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#98
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#24
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#20
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#299
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#117 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#516
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#54
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#225 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #269Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#593
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#165
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#522
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#124
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#178
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#364
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#137
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#551
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#3
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#408 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 Melbourne Beach’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.
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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.