Florida ranks near bottom for raising families. How does Coral Springs fit in?
Florida fared poorly in WalletHub’s recent ranking of the best states for raising a family.
The Sunshine State ranked 40th, placing last for affordability and in the bottom for education and childcare.
But, Florida is large and diverse — so how do individual cities like Coral Springs match up?
WalletHub analyzed the best Florida cities for families in 2018, but hasn’t updated its findings since then.
Other groups have continued reporting, though.
U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Places to Live in Florida” list ranked Coral Springs 46th out of 81 cities it analyzed, citing “lower value than similarly sized cities when you compare housing costs to median household income,” as well as a longer-than-average commute.
So, is Broward County’s fifth-largest city bringing the region up, down, or maintaining the status quo?
The Coral Springs News decided to find out.
How WalletHub’s scoring works
Though WalletHub does not provide precise score reports, readers can access states’ totals in each of the five categories and learn more about how points were calculated.
Check out our interactive breakdown of data collected via the U.S. Census:
While this data is less robust than the many points examined by WalletHub, it helps differentiate Coral Springs from the rest of the state.
