Wauchula ranks #44 in Florida for cheap rent
Wauchula is ranked on 31 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
More kids than 100% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Wauchula’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Wauchula does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Wauchula marked.
Wauchula lands in the top half on 7 of 20 lists
Each dot is Wauchula’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Wauchula does best come first.
Where Wauchula 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#73
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#44
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#56
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#218
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#281
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#292 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #298Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#615
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#601
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#594
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#590
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#596
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#481
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#598 
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#617
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#13
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#623
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#576
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#1 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#373
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#134
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#428
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#296 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#327
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#434
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 Wauchula’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.