State place rankings
Best Places in Florida
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Key Biscayne, FL
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 14,815
- Median home value
- $1,575,300
- nd
Palm Beach, FL
Town
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,423
- Median home value
- $2,000,001
- rd
Parkland, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 39,186
- Median home value
- $983,000
- th
Weston, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 69,588
- Median home value
- $695,600
- th
Coral Gables, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 49,578
- Median home value
- $1,089,900
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,773
- Median home value
- $906,500
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 16,624
- Median home value
- $454,000
- th
Oviedo, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 41,317
- Median home value
- $454,000
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 39,585
- Median home value
- $378,700
- th
Longboat Key, FL
Town
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,359
- Median home value
- $1,022,100
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 176,714
- Median home value
- $439,500
- th
Cooper City, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 35,030
- Median home value
- $620,900
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,467
- Median home value
- $1,132,000
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 31,285
- Median home value
- $377,100
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,328
- Median home value
- $909,200
- th
Pinecrest, FL
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 18,635
- Median home value
- $1,406,400
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 11,365
- Median home value
- $502,500
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,914
- Median home value
- $440,200
- th
Jupiter, FL
Town
- General Quality
- Population
- 62,350
- Median home value
- $608,600
- th
Lake Mary, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 16,789
- Median home value
- $494,900
- st
Miramar, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 142,570
- Median home value
- $462,700
- nd
Palmetto Bay, FL
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 24,886
- Median home value
- $879,700
- rd
Miami Lakes, FL
Town
- General Quality
- Population
- 33,067
- Median home value
- $626,400
- th
Venice, FL
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 30,477
- Median home value
- $434,700
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 13,869
- Median home value
- $555,400
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Jacksonville, FL
City
- Population
- 1,017,689
- Median home value
- $293,700
- Median rent
- $1,465
- nd
Miami, FL
City
- Population
- 489,812
- Median home value
- $518,100
- Median rent
- $1,758
- rd
Tampa, FL
City
- Population
- 413,554
- Median home value
- $420,400
- Median rent
- $1,701
- th
Orlando, FL
City
- Population
- 333,888
- Median home value
- $394,100
- Median rent
- $1,747
- th
- Population
- 268,062
- Median home value
- $369,200
- Median rent
- $1,937
- th
- Population
- 264,033
- Median home value
- $371,100
- Median rent
- $1,663
- th
Cape Coral, FL
City
- Population
- 236,264
- Median home value
- $373,500
- Median rent
- $1,858
- th
Hialeah, FL
City
- Population
- 230,968
- Median home value
- $392,000
- Median rent
- $1,689
- th
Tallahassee, FL
City
- Population
- 204,902
- Median home value
- $294,400
- Median rent
- $1,293
- th
- Population
- 188,677
- Median home value
- $486,700
- Median rent
- $1,854
- th
- Population
- 176,714
- Median home value
- $439,500
- Median rent
- $2,046
- th
Hollywood, FL
City
- Population
- 157,019
- Median home value
- $410,600
- Median rent
- $1,653
- th
Gainesville, FL
City
- Population
- 148,671
- Median home value
- $247,500
- Median rent
- $1,296
- th
Palm Bay, FL
City
- Population
- 148,092
- Median home value
- $283,200
- Median rent
- $1,601
- th
Miramar, FL
City
- Population
- 142,570
- Median home value
- $462,700
- Median rent
- $2,117
- th
- Population
- 138,783
- Median home value
- $545,400
- Median rent
- $2,084
- th
Lehigh Acres, FL
Census-designated place
- Population
- 132,353
- Median home value
- $292,400
- Median rent
- $1,657
- th
- Population
- 127,189
- Median home value
- $414,200
- Median rent
- $1,772
- th
Lakeland, FL
City
- Population
- 125,520
- Median home value
- $249,400
- Median rent
- $1,395
- th
Spring Hill, FL
Census-designated place
- Population
- 119,983
- Median home value
- $288,500
- Median rent
- $1,440
- st
Brandon, FL
Census-designated place
- Population
- 119,767
- Median home value
- $339,000
- Median rent
- $1,784
- nd
- Population
- 117,211
- Median home value
- $349,300
- Median rent
- $1,724
- rd
Clearwater, FL
City
- Population
- 114,364
- Median home value
- $361,300
- Median rent
- $1,658
- th
Riverview, FL
Census-designated place
- Population
- 113,697
- Median home value
- $384,200
- Median rent
- $2,002
- th
- Population
- 113,579
- Median home value
- $378,500
- Median rent
- $1,787
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.