Venice ranks #7 in Florida for new homes
Venice is ranked on 32 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 11.
Older than 98% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Venice’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Venice does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Venice marked.
Venice lands in the top half on 19 of 22 lists
Each dot is Venice’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Venice does best come first.
4 spots from the top 3 for new homes
Lists where Venice sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Venice out-ranks 1 of its 2 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 Venice 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%
#58
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#7
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#166 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#236
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#73
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#52
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#218
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#44
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#23 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#129
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#618
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#16
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#14
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#604 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#248
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#146
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#253 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #257
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#451
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#298
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#494
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#170 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#220
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#98
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#446
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#241 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 Venice’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.