Westchase makes Florida’s top 10 on 2 lists
Westchase is ranked on 30 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 12.
The lists Westchase does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Westchase marked.
Westchase out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
Westchase lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Westchase’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Westchase does best come first.
More year-round than 87% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Westchase’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for affordable rent
Lists where Westchase sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Westchase 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
#9
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#47
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#52
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#10
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#80
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#209 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#22
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#240
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#397
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#460
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#252 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#543
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#550
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#571
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#14 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#242
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#394
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#329 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #333Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#270
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#380
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#169
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#228 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#545
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
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 Westchase’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.