Starke ranks #11 in Florida for cheap rent
Starke 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 4.
The lists Starke does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Starke marked.
Starke lands in the top half on 5 of 20 lists
Each dot is Starke’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Starke does best come first.
Colder winters than 92% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Starke’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for cheap rent
Lists where Starke sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every FL list, and where Starke lands
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
#105
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#11
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#43
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#262
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#422 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #361
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#574
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#480
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#572
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#544
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#394
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#481
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#538 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#503
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#117
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#519
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#503
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#83 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#438
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#217
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#146
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#511
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#161
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#403
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
#24
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#393 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 Starke’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.