How Plantation compares across Florida
Plantation is ranked on 36 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
Plantation 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.
Plantation lands in the top half on 14 of 25 lists
Each dot is Plantation’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Plantation does best come first.
Wetter than 91% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Plantation’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Plantation 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
#152
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#162
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#179
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#296
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#229 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#134
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#233
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#399
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#396
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#267 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#229
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#73
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#164 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #324
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#448
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#141
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#220
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#117 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#498
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#565
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#539
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#188 
The number on the right is Plantation’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.