Palm Beach is #1 in Florida for low obesity
Palm Beach is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 11.
Palm Beach is on Florida’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Palm Beach marked.
Palm 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.
Older than 98% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Palm Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Palm Beach lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Palm Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Palm Beach does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for college degrees
Lists where Palm Beach sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Palm 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#72
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#1
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#2
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#71
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#8
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#32
Closest to a top hospital#1 New Smyrna Beach · 0.0 mi
#424 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#12
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#622
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#14
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#11
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#617 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #127
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#390
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#48
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#465 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#20
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#158
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#68 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#630
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#577
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#624
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#55
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#510
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#50
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#109 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 Palm Beach’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.