Newberry ranks #29 in Florida for new homes
Newberry is ranked on 32 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Newberry does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Newberry marked.
Newberry lands in the top half on 14 of 21 lists
Each dot is Newberry’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Newberry does best come first.
Colder winters than 94% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Newberry’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for new homes
Lists where Newberry sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Newberry 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 Newberry 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%
#571
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#29
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#64 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#153
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#312
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#71
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#167
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#481
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#407 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#218
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#99
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#539
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#522
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#124 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#209
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#525
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#389
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#139
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#336
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#630 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #493Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#519
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#198
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#359
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#97
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#265 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 Newberry’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.