Princeton ranks #8 in Florida for walkable streets
Princeton is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
Fewer seniors than 96% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Princeton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Princeton does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Princeton marked.
Princeton lands in the top half on 12 of 21 lists
Each dot is Princeton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Princeton does best come first.
Princeton 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.
Where Princeton 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
#286
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#162
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#480
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#575
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#32
Closest to a top hospital#1 New Smyrna Beach · 0.0 mi
#125 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#450
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#309
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#8 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#350
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#50
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#585
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#594
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#38 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#447
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#313
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#550
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#168 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #627Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#42
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#400
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#139
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#114 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#533
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#25
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 Princeton’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.