Surfside ranks #3 in Florida for trails
Surfside is ranked on 26 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 9.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Surfside marked.
More kids than 98% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Surfside’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Surfside lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Surfside’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Surfside does best come first.
Surfside out-ranks 0 of its 1 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 Surfside lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#145
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#3
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#24 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#124
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#30
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#52
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#218
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#296
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#32
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#360 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#45
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#190
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#448
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#431
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#13 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#37
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#126
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #524Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#609
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#442
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#607
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
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 Surfside’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.