Everything else equal, we can all agree that living in a cheaper place is better than living in a more expensive place.
I’d much rather pay $500/mo in rent than $1,000. And I’d rather pay $2 for coffee than $5.
And while every neighborhood in Orlando might be more expensive than living in rural Florida, there are certain neighborhoods that are definitely cheaper.
What exactly are those Orlando neighborhoods where your dollar goes a little further — you can get that one bedroom instead of the studio?
Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and determine which neighborhoods in Orlando are the cheapest using Saturday Night Science.
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Methodology: How we determined the cheapest Orlando hoods in 2026
To rank the cheapest places to live in Orlando, we had to determine what criteria define “cheap” and then apply Saturday Night Science.
Using Census and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:
- Overall Cost Of Living
- Rent To Income Ratio
- Median Home Value To Income Ratio
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 99 in each category, where 1 was the cheapest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a cheap neighborhood index.
And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest cheapest neighborhood index, the “Cheapest City Neighborhood In Orlando.” We’re lookin’ at you, Orlando Executive.
We updated this article for 2026. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from cheapest to most expensive.
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Detailed list of the cheapest neighborhoods to live in Orlando for 2026
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Cost Of Living Index |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando Executive | 86 |
| 2 | West Colonial | 92 |
| 3 | Richmond Estates | 87 |
| 4 | Park Central | 87 |
| 5 | Malibu Groves | 89 |
| 6 | Englewood Park | 87 |
| 7 | Princeton-Silver Star | 103 |
| 8 | Orwin Manor | 112 |
| 9 | Boggy Creek | 97 |
| 9 | Rock Lake | 90 |
| 11 | Dover Shores East | 108 |
| 12 | 33rd Saint Industrial | 86 |
| 13 | Lake Formosa | 117 |
| 14 | Colonial Town Center | 106 |
| 15 | Pershing | 81 |
| 16 | North Orange | 110 |
| 17 | Hibiscus | 98 |
| 18 | Delancy Park | 107 |
| 19 | The Dovers | 108 |
| 20 | Kirkman North | 91 |
| 21 | Roosevelt Park | 88 |
| 22 | Florida Center North | 94 |
| 23 | Airport North | 94 |
| 24 | Lake Frendrica | 91 |
| 25 | Audubon Park | 113 |
| 26 | Dover Estates | 101 |
| 27 | Richmond Heights | 89 |
| 28 | Lancaster Park | 131 |
| 28 | Lake Weldona | 131 |
| 30 | Lake Richmond | 91 |
| 31 | Lake Mann Gardens | 99 |
| 32 | Vista East | 113 |
| 33 | Millenia | 97 |
| 34 | Eagles Nest | 92 |
| 35 | Ventura | 96 |
| 36 | Lake Mann Estates | 101 |
| 37 | Wedgewood Groves | 105 |
| 38 | Camellia Gardens | 88 |
| 39 | Bel Air | 122 |
| 39 | Central Business District | 110 |
| 41 | South Division | 101 |
| 42 | Coytown | 112 |
| 43 | Southern Oaks | 114 |
| 44 | Carver Shores | 90 |
| 45 | College Park | 122 |
| 46 | New Malibu | 89 |
| 47 | Metro West | 103 |
| 47 | Lake Sunset | 90 |
| 49 | Lake Davis-Greenwood | 121 |
| 50 | Lake Nona Central | 129 |
| 51 | Lake Underhill | 112 |
| 51 | Pineloch | 113 |
| 53 | Rosemont North | 96 |
| 54 | Lake Nona Estates | 120 |
| 54 | Colonicaltown North | 101 |
| 56 | Dixie Belle | 101 |
| 57 | South Orange | 110 |
| 58 | Florida Center | 108 |
| 59 | South Semoran | 97 |
| 60 | Baldwin Park | 134 |
| 61 | Lake Como | 113 |
| 62 | Lake Terrace | 105 |
| 63 | Lake Nona South | 137 |
| 63 | Lorna Doone | 95 |
| 63 | City Of Orlando-Goaa | 137 |
| 66 | Countryside | 100 |
| 66 | The Willows | 102 |
| 66 | Mercy Drive | 90 |
| 66 | Thornton Park | 125 |
| 70 | Seaboard Industrial | 96 |
| 71 | Washington Shores | 110 |
| 72 | Lake Fairview | 107 |
| 73 | Monterey | 103 |
| 74 | Palomar | 116 |
| 75 | Dover Manor | 107 |
| 76 | Lawsona-Fern Creek | 121 |
| 77 | Bryn Mawr | 107 |
| 78 | Rosemont | 100 |
| 78 | Rio Grande Park | 93 |
| 80 | Holden-Parramore | 89 |
| 80 | Dover Shores West | 116 |
| 82 | Catalina | 94 |
| 83 | Mariners Village | 105 |
| 84 | Lake Copeland | 131 |
| 85 | East Central Park | 104 |
| 86 | Clear Lake | 95 |
| 87 | Wadeview Park | 112 |
| 87 | Colonicaltown South | 106 |
| 89 | Lake Shore Village | 114 |
| 90 | South Eola | 131 |
| 91 | Westfield | 90 |
| 92 | Park Lake-Highland | 122 |
| 93 | Lake Eola Heights | 123 |
| 94 | Signal Hill | 100 |
| 95 | Lake Cherokee | 117 |
| 96 | Crescent Park | 108 |
| 97 | Orlando International Airport | 118 |
| 98 | Kirkman South | 110 |
| 99 | Windhover | 105 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. All 99 Orlando neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: Lowest cost places to live in Orlando
If you’re measuring the neighborhoods in Orlando where prices are low, and it’s cheap to live, this is an accurate list.
The most affordable neighborhoods in Orlando are Orlando Executive, West Colonial, Richmond Estates, Park Central, Malibu Groves, Englewood Park, Princeton-Silver Star, Orwin Manor, Boggy Creek, and Rock Lake.
As mentioned earlier, the neighborhoods in Orlando aren’t all cheap. Windhover takes the title of the most expensive neighborhood to live in Orlando.
We ranked the neighborhoods from cheapest to most expensive in the chart below. Not sold on Florida? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Cheapest Neighborhoods In Orlando FAQs
What is the cheapest neighborhood in Orlando?
Orlando Executive is the cheapest neighborhood in Orlando for 2026. It posts the best combination of overall cost of living, rent against income, and home prices against income. West Colonial and Richmond Estates are next.
What are the cheapest neighborhoods in Orlando?
The cheapest neighborhoods in Orlando are Orlando Executive, West Colonial, Richmond Estates, Park Central, Malibu Groves, Englewood Park, Princeton-Silver Star, Orwin Manor, Boggy Creek, and Rock Lake. We ranked all 99 neighborhoods in the city.
How do you decide which neighborhoods are cheapest?
Three measures: an overall cost of living index, rent-to-income, and home-value-to-income, all from Census tract data. Scoring costs against local incomes keeps one luxury tower from skewing the math.
Is a cheap neighborhood a bad neighborhood?
Not necessarily — this ranking measures what things cost relative to income, nothing else. Check our safest neighborhoods in Orlando ranking before you sign a lease, because cheap and safe are separate questions.
What is the most expensive neighborhood in Orlando?
Windhover lands at the expensive end of the 99 neighborhoods we scored. If your budget disagrees with it, the rest of the list runs cheaper.
