Wahneta ranks #9 in Florida for affordability
Wahneta is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
More kids than 99% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Wahneta’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Wahneta does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Wahneta marked.
Wahneta lands in the top half on 3 of 19 lists
Each dot is Wahneta’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Wahneta does best come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for low property taxes
Lists where Wahneta sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Wahneta out-ranks 0 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 Wahneta 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
#9
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#74
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#27
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#347
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#485 
Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#631
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#625
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#616
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#626
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#628
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#565
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#587 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #591
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#635
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#47
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#589
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#578
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#8 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#300
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#26
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#539
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#339 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#598
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#429
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 Wahneta’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.