Pace ranks #13 in Florida for affordable rent
Pace 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 7.
Wetter than 98% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Pace’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Pace does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pace marked.
Pace lands in the top half on 16 of 21 lists
Each dot is Pace’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Pace does best come first.
3 spots from the top 10 for affordable rent
Lists where Pace sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Pace out-ranks 1 of its 2 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 Pace 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
#207
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#312
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#300
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#71
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#114
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#481
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#203 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#222
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#151
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#165
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#13 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#89
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#255
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#517 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#314
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#151
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#484
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#323
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#102 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #388Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#509
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#403
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#142
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#53
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#13 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#493
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#478
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
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 Pace’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.