{"id":290747,"date":"2026-05-31T09:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/290747\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T09:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:27:22","slug":"florida-cities-rank-among-best-and-worst-places-to-raise-a-family-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/290747\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida cities rank among best and worst places to raise a family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-07\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Olivia Franklin, Treasure Coast Newspapers<\/p>\n<p>Sat, May 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"714\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/9bd6b930aad40488c3a1188f9132996f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida cities rank among best and worst places to raise a family<\/p>\n<p>Port St. Lucie ranked among the best places in the United States to raise a family in 2026, according to a WalletHub study.<\/p>\n<p>The free personal finance website compared 182 cities in the United States to find the <a data-ylk=\"slk:best and worst places to raise a family;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-cities-for-families\/4435\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">best and worst places to raise a family<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The website scored cities based on these criteria:<\/p>\n<p>Port St. Lucie ranks for best places to raise a family<\/p>\n<p>The rankings range from 1 to 182, with 1 being the best.<\/p>\n<p>Health and safety rank: 40<\/p>\n<p>Education and child care rank: 160<\/p>\n<p>Playgrounds per capita: 101<\/p>\n<p>Violent-crime per capita: 4<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked Florida cities to raise a familyBest places to raise a family in 2026<\/p>\n<p>6. Bismarck, North Dakota<\/p>\n<p>7. South Burlington, Vermont<\/p>\n<p>8. Charleston, South Carolina<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Franklin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/staff\/74965934007\/olivia-franklin\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Franklin<\/a> is TCPalm\u2019s trending reporter. You can contact her at olivia.franklin@tcpalm.com, 317-627-8048 or follow her on X <a data-ylk=\"slk:@Livvvvv_5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Livvvvv_5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@Livvvvv_5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Port St. Lucie Florida among best, worst places to raise a family;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/local\/florida\/2026\/05\/30\/port-st-lucie-county-florida-among-worst-places-to-raise-a-family-miami-orlando-tampa-jacksonville\/90277271007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Port St. Lucie Florida among best, worst places to raise a family<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Franklin, Treasure Coast Newspapers Sat, May 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM UTC Florida cities rank among best&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[122609,1089,122610,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-290747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-best-places-to-raise-a-family","tag-family","tag-health-and-safety","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}