City of Satellite Beach Named Among 10 Most Successful Cities In State of Florida

TOP 100 CITIES RANKED

(Zippia) – What is success? Is it the amount of money you have in your bank account, at any given point? Is it that feeling you get after delivering a killer presentation, or even a pretty decent bar joke?

Or is it something bigger–something wholly unnamable, undefinable, immeasurable, and totally subjective?

Probably so.

But here at Zippia, we like things that we can neatly measure and then expound upon. So yes, with the Power of Math, we have determined the unarguable, totally objective 10 most successful cities in Florida.

And here they are:

1. Gulf Breeze
2. Key Biscayne
3. Palm Beach
4. Parkland
5. Pinecrest
6. Surfside
7. Marco Island
8. Satellite Beach
9. Cooper City
10. Palmetto Bay

If you are trying to argue already with our unarguable list, keep reading. There’s a method to this madness.

How We Determined The Most Successful Cities In Florida

The first thing that comes to most capitalist minds in terms of success is–money. After all, rich people must be successful, right?

Maybe. But we think there’s a bit more that goes into it than that. So we looked at this set of criteria from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey:

• Poverty Level
• Median Household Income
• Unemployment Rate

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how wealthy a place really is. The unemployment rate tries to capture the prospects for more people to become rich. And finally, if more people are employed, the brighter (and more successful) that place’s future looks.

After we collected the data for all 215 places with more than 5,000 people in Florida, we ranked each place from 1 to 215 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the most successful.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Success Score” with the place having the lowest overall Success Score crowned the “Most Successful City in Florida.”

So without further ado, let’s get into just what made each of our top 10 cities so successful, starting with our winner, Gulf Breeze.

1. Gulf Breeze

Population: 5,984
Median Income: $85,529
Poverty Level: 4.4%
Unemployment Rate: 4.1%

2. Key Biscayne

Population: 12,774
Median Income: $121,023
Poverty Level: 6.5%
Unemployment Rate: 4.7%

3. Palm Beach

Population: 8,344
Median Income: $105,700
Poverty Level: 6.6%
Unemployment Rate: 4.4%

4. Parkland

Population: 25,895
Median Income: $126,905
Poverty Level: 3.4%
Unemployment Rate: 6.9%

5. Pinecrest

Population: 18,914
Median Income: $122,235
Poverty Level: 5.9%
Unemployment Rate: 6.4%

6. Surfside

Population: 5,927
Median Income: $70,042
Poverty Level: 5.7%
Unemployment Rate: 5.6%

7. Marco Island

Population 2014: 16,921
Median Income: $73,031
Poverty Level: 7.2%
Unemployment Rate: 5.4%

8. Satellite Beach

Population: 10,262
Median Income: $63,793
Poverty Level: 4.5%
Unemployment Rate: 6.0%

9. Cooper City

Population: 32,058
Median Income: $91,285
Poverty Level: 4.6%
Unemployment Rate: 8.4%

10. Palmetto Bay

Population: 24,214
Median Income: $108,360
Poverty Level: 5.4%
Unemployment Rate: 8.6%

Measuring Success

If you’re still looking at this post thinking, “Surely, such superficial methods can’t possibly measure a city, or rather, the individuals that make up that city’s success!” well, you’re probably right.

But we like to measure things, and when it comes to success, we feel pretty successful in our approach. Congrats to Gulf Breeze and our winners. And for those who didn’t make the cut, well, better luck next year.

Detailed List Of The Most Successful Cities In Florida

RANK	CITY	MEDIAN INCOME	POVERTY RATE	UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
1	Gulf Breeze	$85,529	4.4%	4.1%
2	Key Biscayne	$121,023	6.5%	4.7%
3	Palm Beach	$105,700	6.6%	4.4%
4	Parkland	$126,905	3.4%	6.9%
5	Pinecrest	$122,235	5.9%	6.4%
6	Surfside	$70,042	5.7%	5.6%
7	Marco Island	$73,031	7.2%	5.4%
8	Satellite Beach	$63,793	4.5%	6.0%
9	Cooper City	$91,285	4.6%	8.4%
10	Palmetto Bay	$108,360	5.4%	8.6%
11	Maitland	$69,080	7.9%	4.9%
12	Jupiter	$70,240	7.9%	5.7%
13	Palm Beach Gardens	$67,102	6.8%	6.9%
14	Tequesta	$54,787	5.6%	4.9%
15	Wellington	$81,481	6.1%	8.3%
16	Coral Gables	$93,590	9.1%	7.2%
17	Valparaiso	$60,591	5.8%	6.9%
18	Destin	$66,324	7.6%	6.8%
19	Oviedo	$82,259	6.7%	8.4%
20	Atlantic Beach	$70,095	9.3%	5.4%
21	Weston	$91,613	7.4%	8.5%
22	Naples	$80,571	10.3%	5.9%
23	Sanibel	$97,788	9.1%	7.6%
24	Lighthouse Point	$74,732	7.1%	8.4%
25	Doral	$72,623	9.9%	6.3%
26	Belle Isle	$76,477	5.1%	9.3%
27	Longboat Key	$84,403	10.3%	7.4%
28	North Palm Beach	$56,460	8.8%	5.2%
29	Safety Harbor	$58,375	8.4%	6.4%
30	Neptune Beach	$67,386	11.6%	5.9%
31	Lake Mary	$84,741	7.5%	9.3%
32	St. Augustine Beach	$64,167	9.0%	7.3%
33	Royal Palm Beach	$66,620	7.7%	8.6%
34	Niceville	$62,538	12.6%	4.6%
35	Southwest Ranches	$101,198	6.8%	10.9%
36	Jacksonville Beach	$58,792	11.2%	5.3%
37	Plantation	$66,886	9.2%	8.1%
38	North Bay Village	$50,421	8.9%	4.3%
39	Miami Lakes	$65,269	10.8%	7.0%
40	Panama City Beach	$53,242	8.8%	6.3%
41	Minneola	$52,500	10.4%	4.2%
42	Newberry	$59,263	14.2%	3.1%
43	Cutler Bay	$62,130	9.7%	8.1%
44	Miami Shores	$88,977	6.9%	11.6%
45	Lynn Haven	$57,529	10.7%	7.6%
46	Pembroke Pines	$61,539	7.1%	9.9%
47	Bay Harbor Islands	$55,196	11.8%	6.8%
48	Boca Raton	$71,867	11.9%	8.7%
49	Winter Garden	$58,355	9.6%	8.6%
50	St. Pete Beach	$63,071	13.5%	7.2%
51	Aventura	$59,657	11.5%	8.3%
52	Key West	$54,306	13.3%	6.3%
53	Ocoee	$62,487	9.1%	9.9%
54	Coral Springs	$66,271	8.6%	11.1%
55	Coconut Creek	$53,316	7.7%	9.5%
56	Miramar	$64,987	8.2%	11.4%
57	Clewiston	$53,438	13.1%	7.2%
58	Winter Park	$56,995	14.5%	7.3%
59	Dunedin	$46,310	8.9%	8.1%
60	Fort Myers Beach	$52,685	12.0%	8.2%
61	DeBary	$52,258	8.5%	9.5%
62	Islamorada	$57,289	9.1%	10.5%
63	New Smyrna Beach	$50,918	14.1%	6.6%
64	Seminole	$47,588	11.1%	7.3%
65	Davie	$58,924	12.8%	9.1%
66	Sunny Isles Beach	$45,972	13.6%	6.2%
67	Winter Springs	$64,038	9.8%	11.7%
68	Cocoa Beach	$51,866	10.3%	9.5%
69	Clermont	$55,336	12.0%	9.5%
70	Apopka	$57,925	13.8%	9.3%
71	Oldsmar	$54,186	11.9%	9.6%
72	Altamonte Springs	$50,013	10.5%	9.5%
73	Port Orange	$44,981	12.4%	7.7%
74	Rockledge	$59,905	8.4%	13.2%
75	Longwood	$56,163	9.0%	12.2%
76	West Melbourne	$52,563	9.4%	11.4%
77	Sunrise	$49,370	11.0%	9.9%
78	Alachua	$52,540	16.1%	8.4%
79	Treasure Island	$62,432	13.0%	11.7%
80	Mount Dora	$48,434	15.8%	8.1%
81	Miami Beach	$42,547	16.3%	5.7%
82	Fernandina Beach	$52,165	15.1%	9.4%
83	Miami Springs	$52,021	11.7%	11.4%
84	North Port	$50,855	12.9%	10.7%
85	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	$54,533	15.3%	10.4%
86	Ormond Beach	$49,000	16.2%	8.8%
87	Temple Terrace	$50,978	17.1%	8.9%
88	Tamarac	$43,250	11.0%	10.0%
89	Fort Walton Beach	$49,552	15.4%	9.5%
90	Mascotte	$40,494	16.2%	7.0%
91	Punta Gorda	$56,081	13.5%	12.2%
92	Crestview	$51,115	18.3%	9.0%
93	High Springs	$55,433	16.4%	11.2%
94	Indian Harbour Beach	$57,254	10.6%	16.3%
95	Pensacola	$46,424	15.5%	9.4%
96	Wilton Manors	$50,618	12.4%	12.1%
97	South Miami	$54,101	14.1%	11.9%
98	Clearwater	$43,306	15.9%	8.7%
99	Marathon	$48,125	20.2%	8.4%
100	Bonita Springs	$53,530	22.3%	9.0%

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