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It is a town of 14,755 residents in Florida. Public schools that outperform most of Florida.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace’s grades pull in different directions. Schools are its strong suit: its public schools beat 79% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Health is its weak spot (C) — residents are less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $225K, 2.8 years of the Jacksonville metro’s $80K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking 151st of 634 in Florida. Nationally, it does better than 52% of U.S. towns. Just over a tenth of the land in the town is conserved, above both the Florida town median (3%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Crosby Sanctuary, at 298 acres.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · OpenStreetMap.
Where Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is from typical.
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Census counts: 12,144 in 1980, 14,482 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1917 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaEverBank Field
32 mi National MonumentCastillo de San Marcos National Monument598K visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaVyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
20 mi National MemorialFort Caroline National Memorial369K visitors a year
11 mi MuseumUSS Orleck
11 mi TheatreDaily's PlaceEverBank Field: AndrewAvitus, CC BY 3.0 · Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena: Nichos (talk), Public domain · Fort Caroline National Memorial: NPS Photo, Public domain · USS Orleck: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Daily's Place: Itsbydesign, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is unincorporated, so Clay County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Florida.
Its public schools are run by the Clay school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| W E Cherry Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 652 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,750 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace’s, it is less healthy than 52%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace: 15% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. CDC measures, 31 in all: Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace beats Florida on 1 and trails on 9. In Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, 42% of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 30% get no exercise outside work.
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 8% | 9.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
January nights average 43.9°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 81% of Florida places with climate records; July afternoons average 92°.
The July high for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace comes to 92°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace for work: only 6% work in town. Among residents in the town, 16% live below the poverty line. This Florida town had 9,686 jobs in 2023, down 575 from 2013. In Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, the typical household income is $59,000.
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 10% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace’s trail density comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 2, covering 312 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crosby Sanctuary | — | 298 |
| 2. Walter Odum Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, the FEMA risk score is 49 of 100. Since 1991, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town. FEMA puts 56% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to hurricanes. Also worth knowing: households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 2.8 years of the Jacksonville metro’s $80K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 91% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,219, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
For households in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, the share who are owner-occupiers is 45%. A home in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace typically sold within 35 days of listing. Homes in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace sold for 99.1% of their list price on average.
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 45% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,457 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
7 within 15 miles of the center of Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace
About 5 of every 100 Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is an unincorporated suburb west of Orange Park, Florida and census-designated place (CDP) in Clay County, Florida, United States. The population was 14,482 at the 2020 census, up from 13,343 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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3 towns share a border with Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace | #151 | B− | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Lakeside | #160 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Jacksonville | #437 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Orange Park | #89 | B | C+ | B− | A− | B− |
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, Lakeside and Jacksonville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #151 of 634 in Florida. It grades C for health and A− for schools.
The typical home is worth about $225,000, 40% below the Florida typical home.
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