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Disaster risk in Key West

Key West ranks #29 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 79 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 79th percentile nationally and #1 of 7 in Florida.

resilience score
79
Very Fun
National rank
#29 of 134
In Florida
#1 of 7
Percentile
79th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Key West sits 29 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Key West

  1. T#27 Fort Wayne, IN 80
  2. T#27 Winston-Salem, NC 80
  3. #29 Key West, FL — this page 79
  4. #30 Montgomery, AL 78
  5. T#31 Des Moines, IA 77

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Key West

Key West scores 71 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: