Stuart ranks #48 in Florida for new homes
Stuart is ranked on 33 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 Stuart does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Stuart marked.
Stuart lands in the top half on 14 of 22 lists
Each dot is Stuart’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Stuart does best come first.
More vacation homes than 87% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Stuart’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Stuart out-ranks 0 of its 3 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.
Every FL list, and where Stuart 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%
#84
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#48
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#325
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#86 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #172Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#359
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#300
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#318
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#296
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#299
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#486 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#260
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#438
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#198
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#140
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#399 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#290
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#291
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#234
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#227 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#300
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#256
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#263 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#99
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#473
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#77
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#139 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 Stuart’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.