Vilano BeachFL
A town of 2,188.
Is Vilano Beach a good place to live?
Vilano Beach’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools, an A for health, and an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for cost of living. Vilano Beach’s median rent is $2,543 a month, where Florida’s towns sit at $1,647 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. On health, just 40 of Florida’s 777 towns do better. Vilano Beach is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 74% of U.S. towns. Vilano Beach has 1 place on the National Register. Vilano Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Vilano Beach stand out
Where Vilano Beach beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Vilano Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 12.7% |
Vilano Beach lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 34% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Vilano Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Vilano Beach is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument and 40 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vilano Beach. Close and well known come first.
2 mi National MonumentCastillo de San Marcos National Monument598K visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaEverBank Field
2 mi State parkFort Mose Historic State Park
3 mi LighthouseSt. Augustine Light
3 mi MuseumLightner Museum
4 mi Zoo & aquariumSt. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological ParkPhoto credits
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · EverBank Field: AndrewAvitus, CC BY 3.0 · Fort Mose Historic State Park: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. Augustine Light: Viktoriya Sorochuk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lightner Museum: Kiran891, CC BY-SA 4.0 · St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Vilano Beach: who provides what
Vilano Beach is unincorporated, so St. Johns 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Vilano Beach.
A smaller share of adults in Vilano Beach get no exercise outside work than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
16% of adults get no exercise outside work in Vilano Beach, below both Florida’s towns (25%) and U.S. towns (25%). 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Vilano Beach. Vilano Beach beats the Florida average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| Vilano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 25% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Vilano Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 12.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.1% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of Vilano Beach’s working residents commute to Jacksonville
Most working residents leave Vilano Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The median household income in Vilano Beach is $121,000. Since 2013, Vilano Beach has added 129 jobs, to 712 in 2023.
| Vilano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $121,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Vilano Beach, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1995, 187 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Vilano Beach.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Vilano Beach has mild winters and hot summers
Vilano Beach has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Vilano Beach’s July high is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Vilano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nease Beachfront Park | — | 1 |
| 2. Surfside Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Vilano Beach sells for about $708K at the median
88% of Vilano Beach households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Vilano Beach
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Vilano Beach
About 4 of every 100 Vilano Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
94% of working residents leave Vilano Beach for work
Where Vilano Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Vilano Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vilano Beach, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $649,000, 73% above the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.