Niceville ranks #23 in Florida for public schools
Niceville 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 8.
Wetter than 98% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Niceville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Niceville does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Niceville marked.
Niceville lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Niceville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Niceville does best come first.
Niceville 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.
Every FL list, and where Niceville lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#155
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#199
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#148
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#380
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#46 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#479
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#41
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#502
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#108 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #202People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#212
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#174
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#458
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#358
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#174 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#443
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#375
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#406
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#65 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#504
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#212
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#399 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#518
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#531
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#22
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#123
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#14 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 Niceville’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.