How Union Park compares across Florida
Union Park is ranked on 29 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents.
Hotter summers than 92% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Union Park’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Union Park 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.
Union Park lands in the top half on 11 of 19 lists
Each dot is Union Park’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Union Park does best come first.
The lists Union Park does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Union Park marked.
Where Union Park 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#360
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#407
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#229
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#387
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#516
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#297 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#279
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#255
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#193
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #258Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#174
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#375 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#299
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#128
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#509
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#531
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#362 
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#294
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#44
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#507
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#505 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#487
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#422
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 Union Park’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.