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Best places to live in Greater Jacksonville

14 places with 1,226,525 residents within about 30 km of Jacksonville, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Jacksonville, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Fruit Cove
    Florida, 29,362 residents    65
  2. 2Ponte Vedra Beach
    Florida, 35,400 residents    63
  3. 3Lakeside (Florida)
    Florida, 30,943 residents    62
  4. 4Fleming Island
    Florida, 27,126 residents    61
  5. 5Oakleaf Plantation
    Florida, 20,315 residents    61
  6. 6Orange Park
    Florida, 8,702 residents    58
  7. 7Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
    Florida, 13,343 residents    56
  8. 8Nassau Village-Ratliff
    Florida, 5,337 residents    48
  9. 9Neptune Beach
    Florida, 7,269 residents    42
  10. 10Atlantic Beach (Florida)
    Florida, 13,193 residents    40

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For retired couples

  1. 1Ponte Vedra Beach
    Florida, 35,400 residents    72
  2. 2Fruit Cove
    Florida, 29,362 residents    72
  3. 3Lakeside (Florida)
    Florida, 30,943 residents    63
  4. 4Jacksonville Beach
    Florida, 23,064 residents    62
  5. 5Oakleaf Plantation
    Florida, 20,315 residents    61
  6. 6Fleming Island
    Florida, 27,126 residents    61
  7. 7Neptune Beach
    Florida, 7,269 residents    61
  8. 8Orange Park
    Florida, 8,702 residents    60
  9. 9Atlantic Beach (Florida)
    Florida, 13,193 residents    59
  10. 10Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
    Florida, 13,343 residents    59

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For remote workers

  1. 1Lakeside (Florida)
    Florida, 30,943 residents    66
  2. 2Fleming Island
    Florida, 27,126 residents    66
  3. 3Oakleaf Plantation
    Florida, 20,315 residents    66
  4. 4Fruit Cove
    Florida, 29,362 residents    65
  5. 5Ponte Vedra Beach
    Florida, 35,400 residents    62
  6. 6Orange Park
    Florida, 8,702 residents    61
  7. 7Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
    Florida, 13,343 residents    60
  8. 8Jacksonville Beach
    Florida, 23,064 residents    60
  9. 9Atlantic Beach (Florida)
    Florida, 13,193 residents    58
  10. 10Neptune Beach
    Florida, 7,269 residents    58

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For commuters

  1. 1Jacksonville (Florida)
    Florida, 1,009,833 residents    78
  2. 2Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
    Florida, 13,343 residents    65
  3. 3Lakeside (Florida)
    Florida, 30,943 residents    65
  4. 4Orange Park
    Florida, 8,702 residents    65
  5. 5Fruit Cove
    Florida, 29,362 residents    65
  6. 6Ponte Vedra Beach
    Florida, 35,400 residents    64
  7. 7Fleming Island
    Florida, 27,126 residents    64
  8. 8Oakleaf Plantation
    Florida, 20,315 residents    63
  9. 9Nassau Village-Ratliff
    Florida, 5,337 residents    57
  10. 10Jacksonville Beach
    Florida, 23,064 residents    57

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For single professionals

  1. 1Jacksonville (Florida)
    Florida, 1,009,833 residents    73
  2. 2Ponte Vedra Beach
    Florida, 35,400 residents    53
  3. 3Fruit Cove
    Florida, 29,362 residents    51
  4. 4Lakeside (Florida)
    Florida, 30,943 residents    48
  5. 5Fleming Island
    Florida, 27,126 residents    47
  6. 6Orange Park
    Florida, 8,702 residents    46
  7. 7Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
    Florida, 13,343 residents    46
  8. 8Oakleaf Plantation
    Florida, 20,315 residents    43
  9. 9Jacksonville Beach
    Florida, 23,064 residents    41
  10. 10Neptune Beach
    Florida, 7,269 residents    40

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Lakeside (Florida)
    Florida, 30,943 residents    52
  2. 2Fleming Island
    Florida, 27,126 residents    52
  3. 3Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
    Florida, 13,343 residents    51
  4. 4Oakleaf Plantation
    Florida, 20,315 residents    51
  5. 5Orange Park
    Florida, 8,702 residents    50
  6. 6Ponte Vedra Beach
    Florida, 35,400 residents    40
  7. 7Fruit Cove
    Florida, 29,362 residents    39
  8. 8Nassau Village-Ratliff
    Florida, 5,337 residents    38
  9. 9Jacksonville (Florida)
    Florida, 1,009,833 residents    37
  10. 10Jacksonville Beach
    Florida, 23,064 residents    33

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Towns in Greater Jacksonville