St. Cloud ranks #19 in Florida for safety
St. Cloud is ranked on 34 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
Hotter summers than 98% of Florida
Not better or worse, just St. Cloud’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists St. Cloud does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with St. Cloud marked.
St. Cloud lands in the top half on 8 of 23 lists
Each dot is St. Cloud’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where St. Cloud does best come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for growth
Lists where St. Cloud sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every FL list, and where St. Cloud lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#407
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#19
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#277
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#83 
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#343
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#537
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#318
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#456
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#299
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#491 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#306
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#85
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#550
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#536
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#73 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#335
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#335
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#368
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#143 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#432
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#279
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#323 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #602
The number on the right is St. Cloud’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.