Mount Dora ranks #40 in Florida for new homes
Mount Dora is ranked on 34 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
Drier than 95% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Mount Dora’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Mount Dora does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mount Dora marked.
Mount Dora lands in the top half on 11 of 22 lists
Each dot is Mount Dora’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Mount Dora does best come first.
Mount Dora 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.
Where Mount Dora 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#271
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#40
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#227
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#67 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#208
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#442
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#196
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#93
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#438 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#350
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#446
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#318
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#296
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#499 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#212
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#416
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#252 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#375
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#359
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#469
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#177 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #424Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#407
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#148
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#390
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#35
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#524 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 Mount Dora’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.