There are a multitude of reasons to love the southern United States. One of the most cited reasons to fall in love with the south are its beautiful beaches! Besides being constantly ranked as some of the most popular vacation destinations in the country, southern beach towns have also become incredibly popular places to call home. Recently, Stacker.com ranked the 25 best southern beach towns to live in. To compile this list, Stacker.com compiled data from WalletHub to compare these beach towns in the following six categories: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, and quality of life. To qualify for this ranking report, all cities had to have at least one local beach listed on TripAdvisor. Not surprisingly, The Sunshine State dominated this list. We share the top 25 list below, but to view this full report, click here.
The top 25 southern beach towns
- #1. Naples, FL
- #2. North Myrtle Beach, SC
- #3. Sarasota, FL
- #4. Boca Raton, FL
- #5. Destin, FL
- #6. Myrtle Beach, SC
- #7. Vero Beach, FL
- #8. Venice, FL
- #9. Jupiter, FL
- #10. Jacksonville Beach, FL
- #11. Fernandina Beach, FL
- #12. Panama City Beach, FL
- #13. Satellite Beach, FL
- #14. Wilmington, NC
- #15. North Palm Beach, FL
- #16. Pensacola, FL
- #17. Gulf Shores, AL
- #18. Key West, FL
- #19. Stuart, FL
- #20. Cocoa Beach, FL
- #21. Dunedin, FL
- #22. Clearwater, FL
- #23. Key Biscayne, FL
- #24. St. Augustine, FL
- #25. Fort Walton Beach, FL
Summary
It is certainly not a surprise that the State of Florida represented 84% of this ranking report for the best southern beach towns. (In our opinion, could have easily seen 100% representation by The Sunshine State in this report.) Nonetheless, there are many great beach towns throughout South Florida that were not included in this report or analysis. A few examples are The Town of Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Ocean Ridge, & Sunny Isles Beach. To learn more about the many amazing beach towns to discover throughout South Florida, contact Natasha at Live South Florida Realty, Inc. today!
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