Ruskin ranks #27 in Florida for growth
Ruskin is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Ruskin does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ruskin marked.
Ruskin lands in the top half on 9 of 21 lists
Each dot is Ruskin’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Ruskin does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 92% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Ruskin’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for growth
Lists where Ruskin sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Ruskin out-ranks 0 of its 2 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.
Where Ruskin 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#277
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#222
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#448
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#100 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#355
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#407
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#360
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#318
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#499
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#433 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#111
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#331
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#451 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#431
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#68
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#569
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#571
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#56 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #598Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#228
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#309
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#249
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#320 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#261
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#230
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 Ruskin’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.