Winter Park is #1 in Florida for library borrowing
Winter Park is ranked on 36 lists against the 635 Florida towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 11.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every FL town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Winter Park marked.
Winter Park 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.
Winter Park lands in the top half on 17 of 25 lists
Each dot is Winter Park’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in FL, the right end is last. Areas where Winter Park does best come first.
Hotter summers than 94% of Florida
Not better or worse, just Winter Park’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Winter Park 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.
People
Most educated#1 Indian River Shores · 79.3%
#20
F
Youngest#1 Florida Gulf Coast University · 19.5
#356
Oldest#1 Timber Pines · 74.8
#280
Most residents 65+#1 The Villages · 85.2%
#196
Most kids#1 Wauchula · 39.3%
#416 Health
Healthiest#1 Bay Hill · 98 / 100
#39
H
Lowest obesity#1 Highland Beach · 20%
#110
Fewest smokers#1 Pelican Bay · 5%
#52
N
Most active#1 Nocatee · 15%
#45
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
#180 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 North Miami Beach · 20.3 per resident
#3
Most library borrowing#1 Winter Park · 17.4 per resident
#1 Getting around
P Shortest commute#1 Pensacola Station · 9.7 min #76
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Tierra Verde · 58.9%
#302
Most trails#1 Lely · 6.3 mi / sq mi
#248
Most walkable#1 West Miami · 544 / sq mi
#163 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Silver Springs · 0.4 yrs
#597
Cheapest rent#1 Chattahoochee · $613/mo
#368
Lowest property tax#1 Silver Springs · $199/yr
#575
Rent easiest to afford#1 Milton · 23.2%
#74 
The number on the right is Winter Park’s spot. All of Florida’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.