How Orlando compares across Florida
Orlando 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 1.
Hotter summers than 95% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Orlando’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Orlando out-ranks 5 of its 9 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.
Orlando lands in the top half on 14 of 22 lists
Each dot is Orlando’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Orlando does best come first.
The lists Orlando does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Orlando marked.
Where Orlando 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%
#164
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#69
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#565
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#565
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#243 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#274
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#446
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#300
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#269
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#429
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#175 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#318
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#72
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#101 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #261Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#192
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#245
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#385 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#397
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#374
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#426
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#96 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#302
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#29
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#492
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#475 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 Orlando’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.