Coral Springs ranks No. 49 in Florida as Parkland claims the state’s top spot in U.S. News rankings
Coral Springs, Florida – Coral Springs has been ranked among Florida’s best places to live, but the city landed outside the state’s top 10 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Coral Springs came in at No. 49 among 81 Florida cities included in the 2026-2027 list. The city received an overall score of 5.4 out of 10, putting it at No. 422 nationally.
Parkland, located just north of Coral Springs, performed much better in the rankings. It earned a score of 6.9 out of 10 and was named the No. 1 place to live in Florida. Parkland also ranked No. 14 nationally and No. 8 among small cities in the United States.
The U.S. News rankings are based on four main categories. Value accounts for 28% of the overall score, followed by quality of life at 27%, desirability at 24% and the job market at 21%.
Those categories were developed using a February survey that asked people across the country about the factors they consider most important when choosing where to live.
For Coral Springs, housing costs were one of the weaker areas. The city received just 3 out of 10 for value, a category that compares housing expenses with household earnings.
The median home price in Coral Springs is listed at $540,781, considerably higher than the national median of $359,870. At the same time, the median household income in the city is $97,372, compared with $83,181 nationally.
Parkland has even higher housing costs, with a median home price of $896,250. However, the median household income there is also significantly higher, at $223,200. Parkland has about 37,000 residents, while Coral Springs has 131,966.
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Coral Springs received a stronger score for its job market, earning 6 out of 10. The city’s unemployment rate is 3.7%, compared with the national rate of 4.5%.
Transportation is another factor included in the picture of life in Coral Springs. The average commute from the city takes about 29 minutes, roughly seven minutes longer than the national average.
Cars remain the main way residents get to work. More than eight out of every 10 Coral Springs residents commute by car, while about one in 100 uses public transportation.
The city also has a relatively young population. The median age is 37.6, and more than a quarter of residents are younger than 20. Just under half of the population is married.
Coral Springs was not the only Broward County city included near the top of the Florida rankings. Weston ranked No. 3 in the state, making it the only other Broward County community in Florida’s top 10.
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Palm Harbor finished second in Florida, while Boca Raton ranked No. 34.
The rankings also placed Coral Springs at No. 122 on U.S. News’ list of the best places to retire.
Nationally, Carmel, Indiana, took the No. 1 spot on the overall list.
The results offer a mixed picture for Coral Springs. While the city received a relatively strong job-market score, its ranking was pulled down by the value category, where the cost of housing compared with household income proved to be a significant factor.
