Moving to Avon Park, Florida

A practical city guide for deciding whether Avon Park fits your life, planning the move, and settling in with fewer surprises.

Moving to Avon Park, Florida? Start with the local context that changes a relocation decision in Highlands County. With roughly 10,706 residents, Avon Park sits in Southwest Florida. Locally it's known as the City of Charm and the oldest city in Highlands County, named for Stratford-upon-Avon and set amid the citrus groves of the Florida Heartland. For relocators it's buyers wanting inland, low-cost small-town living surrounded by lakes and citrus country rather than coastal tourist areas. Climate: humid subtropical inland — hottest summers in the state, daily afternoon thunderstorms, mild winters with occasional 30°F nights. Before choosing a home, pay attention to lightning capital of the US, sinkholes in the Brooksville Ridge, both Atlantic and Gulf hurricane reach. Use the guides, comparison tools, apartment research, and hurricane profile below before you narrow the move to an address.