Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 74/100
B
Median home value$630,200
Jacksonville $343,400
Median rent$2,159/mo
Jacksonville $1,513/mo
Cost-burdened households30%
Jacksonville 34%
Atlantic Beach
Duval County13,363 residentsDuval
58
C
Suburbgrade score
12th of 17 Jacksonville suburbs. Strongest on housing & affordability, held back by schools.
58
Jacksonville median 62
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Atlantic Beach yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 58 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Atlantic Beach is like to live in, by category
Bars show Atlantic Beach against Jacksonville. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 40/100
D−
Within-state proficiency31st pct
Jacksonville median 83rd pct
Student–teacher ratio19.2
Jacksonville median 16.1
Graduation rate87%
Jacksonville median 93%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 54/100
C−
Housing cost index133
Jacksonville 100
Eff. tax rate0.74%
Jacksonville 0.75%
Local sales tax7.50%
Jacksonville median 7.50%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 58/100
C
Mean commute26.2 min
Jacksonville 26.0 min
Under 30 minutes58%
Jacksonville 61%
Transit stops / sq mi0.1
Jacksonville median 0.0 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 57/100
C−
Restaurants & cafés32
Jacksonville median 28 · within 2 miles
Groceries3
Jacksonville median 3 · within 2 miles
Parks30
Jacksonville median 18 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 66/100
C+
Median household income$118,935
Jacksonville $79,643
Unemployment3.2%
Jacksonville 4.2%
Professional occupations55%
Jacksonville 43%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Atlantic Beach yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Atlantic Beach on schools
Atlantic Beach's weakest grade is D−. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbSchoolsOverall
Fernandina Beach22 mi from Atlantic BeachA− 68 B− Fruit Cove21 mi from Atlantic BeachB+ 67 C+ Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace23 mi from Atlantic BeachB+ 61 C Yulee23 mi from Atlantic BeachB+ 62 C Palm Valley10 mi from Atlantic BeachB+ 67 C+ Nocatee18 mi from Atlantic BeachB 66 C+ Within-state proficiency: EDFacts SY2021–22 · Graduation rate: EDFacts ACGR SY2018–19
Common questions about living in Atlantic Beach
Is Atlantic Beach, FL a good place to live?
Atlantic Beach scores 58 out of 100, 12th of 17 Jacksonville suburbs. It is strongest on housing & affordability and weakest on schools. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Atlantic Beach expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades C−. The median home is $630,200, 84% above the Jacksonville median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.74%. $2,159/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Atlantic Beach?
Schools grade D−. The districts serving Atlantic Beach sit at the 31st pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 87% graduation rate and a 19.2 student–teacher ratio. Atlantic Beach is served by Duval. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Atlantic Beach?
The mean commute is 26.2 min, with 58% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 23% working from home. Transit density is 0.1 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Atlantic Beach?
Within two miles there are 3 groceries, 32 restaurants and cafés and 30 parks, which grades C− on amenities.
Are the homes in Atlantic Beach old or new?
The median home in Atlantic Beach was built in 1986 — older than the Jacksonville median of 1992. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 80% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.