Perry ranks #10 in Florida for short commutes
Perry is ranked on 32 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
Colder winters than 97% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Perry’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Perry does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Perry marked.
Perry lands in the top half on 6 of 21 lists
Each dot is Perry’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Perry does best come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for affordability
Lists where Perry sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every FL list, and where Perry lands
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 #10Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#29
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#42
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#15
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#580
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#112
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#596
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#610
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#572
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#544
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#350
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#380
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#627 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#427
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#387
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#381 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#521
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#89
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#548
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#370
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#52 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#536
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#224
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#333
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#111
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#161 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 Perry’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
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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.