How Pine Castle compares across Florida
Pine Castle is ranked on 29 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents.
Hotter summers than 92% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Pine Castle’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Pine Castle out-ranks 0 of its 3 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.
Pine Castle lands in the top half on 8 of 19 lists
Each dot is Pine Castle’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Pine Castle does best come first.
The lists Pine Castle does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pine Castle marked.
Every FL list, and where Pine Castle 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 #174Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#534
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#537
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#467
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#544
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#575
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#172 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#293
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#192
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#167
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#555
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#233 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#484
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#182
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#455
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#478
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#109 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#314
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#45
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#508
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#492 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#369
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#107
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 Pine Castle’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.