Palatka ranks #21 in Florida for cheap rent
Palatka 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 4.
The lists Palatka does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Palatka marked.
Palatka lands in the top half on 7 of 21 lists
Each dot is Palatka’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Palatka does best come first.
More kids than 92% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Palatka’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for affordability
Lists where Palatka sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Palatka 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#28
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#21
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#104
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #126Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#266
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#154
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#370 
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#611
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#537
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#626
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#599
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#476
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#380
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#551 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#601
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#73
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#563
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#345
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#53 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#450
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#211
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#345
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#30
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#287 
The number on the right is Palatka’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.