Winter Beach ranks #14 in Florida for trails
Winter Beach is ranked on 29 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 11.
Cooler summers than 99% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Winter Beach’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Winter Beach does best on
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Winter Beach marked.
Winter Beach lands in the top half on 15 of 20 lists
Each dot is Winter Beach’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Winter Beach does best come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for trails
Lists where Winter Beach sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Winter Beach 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
#139
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#30
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#98
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#111
Fewest uninsured#1 Longboat Key · 4%
#80
Lowest depression#1 Olympia Heights · 12%
#186
Closest to a top hospital#1 Fernandina Beach · 0.2 mi
#133 
Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #73
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#310
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#14
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#496 People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#219
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#545
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#90
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#349 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#488
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#572
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#476
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
Climate
Mildest winters#1 Key West · 64.8°
#135
Hottest summers#1 Ave Maria · 92.7°
#547
Coolest summers#1 Key Largo · 89.0°
#12
Longest growing season#1 Arcadia · 324 days
Wettest#1 Destin · 64 in
#338 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Lower Grand Lagoon · 57.1%
#412
Most new homes#1 Westlake · 146.3 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 West Little River · +102.6%
#407
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 Winter Beach’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.