VineyardsFL
A town of 3,849.
What should you know before moving to Vineyards?
Vineyards's standout: the median household earns $131K. Overall it grades A−, 5th of 634 graded towns in Florida. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 83% of the country and its public schools beat 83% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Vineyards’ trail density is 4.1 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Florida’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Vineyards is home to Ave Maria School of Law.
What makes Vineyards stand out
Where Vineyards beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Vineyards has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
3,375 counted in 2010 and 3,883 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Vineyards grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Vineyards is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Vineyards: who provides what
Vineyards is unincorporated, so Collier 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 Vineyards.
Vineyards is a second-home town, draws workers from Golden Gate and beyond and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Vineyards earns an A− for schools
Public schools: the Collier school district. Its one school is below. Vineyards’ only public school teaches 800 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vineyards Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 800 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Vineyards stands out in Florida and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
2,958 jobs are based in Vineyards, 2.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 18.8 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
The median commute is under 8 miles. Vineyards’ average trip to work comes in at 19 minutes. It had 2,958 jobs in 2023, up 937 from 2013. Just 5% of the town’s working residents have a job in town.
| Vineyards | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $131,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Vineyards is hurricanes, at a very high overall level
60% of Vineyards’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 35%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of adults sleep under 7 hours in Vineyards than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Against the 4,419 U.S. towns with household incomes like Vineyards’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
6.9% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Vineyards, where Florida’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 8.1%. Vineyards: nearly one in ten adults binge drink. Also worth knowing: only 10 of the 636 Florida towns we compare have a lower share of adults who worry about having enough food than Vineyards. Of 31 CDC measures, Vineyards beats the Florida average on 20 and trails it on 6.
| Vineyards | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 87% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Vineyards | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 19.7% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Vineyards
The Naples weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 121 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. January nights average 53.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92°.
In Vineyards, the January low is 54°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Vineyards | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 54°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Vineyards sells for about $525K
At 7.2 years of the Naples metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 84% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $4,138, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The share of households in Vineyards who live in a home they own: 90%. Homes sold in Vineyards spent a median 136 days on the market. In Vineyards, the typical sale closed at 93.4% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everglades National Park and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vineyards. Close and well known come first.
29 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
24 mi National PreserveBig Cypress National Preserve2.3M visitors a year
15 mi Stadium & arenaHertz Arena16 mi State parkMound Key Archeological State Park
15 mi State parkKoreshan State Historic Site
29 mi MuseumEdison and Ford Winter EstatesPhoto credits
Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Big Cypress National Preserve: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Vineyards
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Vineyards
About 8 of every 100 Vineyards residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Every workday, about 2,883 people come to Vineyards for work
Where Vineyards’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Vineyards
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Vineyards is a census-designated place (CDP) in Collier County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,883 at the 2020 census, up from 3,375 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Area code
- 239
Questions about Vineyards
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vineyards, FL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Vineyards grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #5 of 634 in Florida. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Vineyards, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $652,000, 74% 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 C.