Ormond Beach ranks #70 in Florida for short commutes
Ormond Beach is ranked on 33 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
Ormond Beach 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.
The lists Ormond Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ormond Beach marked.
Ormond Beach lands in the top half on 13 of 22 lists
Each dot is Ormond Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Ormond Beach does best come first.
More seniors than 85% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Ormond Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Ormond 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.
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #70Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#297
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#244
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#300
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#218
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
#109 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#240
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#513
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#122
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#91
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#408 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#91
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#284
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#437 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#334
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#220
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#335
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#213 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#254
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#142
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#356
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#50 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#351
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#318
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#227
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#369 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 Ormond Beach’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.