Weston ranks #9 in Florida for fewest smokers
Weston 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 12.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 97% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Weston’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Weston does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Weston marked.
Weston 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.
Weston lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Weston’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Weston does best come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for health
Lists where Weston sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every FL list, and where Weston lands
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
#14
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#47
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#9
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#45
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#252
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#32
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#65 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#16
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#313
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#320
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#547
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#63 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#16
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#39
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#264 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #419
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#592
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#613
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#613
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#155 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#304
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
#235
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Miami Shores · 63.2 per home
#7 Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#89
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#217
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#326
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#73 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 Weston’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.