Davis Islands Named Among America’s Best Places To Live By Niche

TAMPA, FL -- Davis Islands was named one of the best places to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Davis Islands was ranked as the fifth best neighborhood to live in America while nearby Hyde Park was ranked 20 and Harbour Island was ranked 21

The “Best Places to Live” rankings include cities, city neighborhoods and suburbs. Niche defines a place as a “non-rural town” with a population of 1,000 or more, including neighborhoods, suburbs and cities. Niche also separately ranked the best cities, neighborhoods and suburbs to live in.

Davis Islands received an overall Niche grade of A+. Here’s how Niche graded Davis Islands in the following categories:

Public Schools: A-
Housing: A-
Nightlife: A+
Good for Families: A+
Diversity: B+

Other Tampa neighborhoods that made the list include New Suburb Beautiful (106), Culbreath (111), Bayshore Gardens (155), Courier City/Oscawana (161) and Swann Estates (166).

The top 10 best places to live in America are:

1. Bluemont, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
2. Carmel, Indiana
3. Overlake, neighborhood in Redmond, Washington
4. College Terrace, neighborhood in Palo Alto, California
5. Davis Island, neighborhood in Tampa, Florida
6. Rose Isle, neighborhood in Orlando, Florida
7. Colonial Village, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
8. Okemos, Michigan
9. Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
10. Radnor/Fort Myer Heights, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia

Niche released its “Best Places to Live” rankings on Monday. The publication says its goal is to “provide accurate, comparable and thorough evaluations of places.” Using data from government and private sources, Niche grades the places evaluated for the rankings on factors like public schools, crime and safety and housing.

You can see the full Niche “Best Place to Live” rankings for 2019 here.