City of Port St . Lucie _____ Welcome Guide Page 3
Heart of the Treasure Coast
Port St . Lucie has topped numerous Best Places lists in national and international publications , including U . S . News & World Report , Realtor . com , BankRate . com and more . To read all about them , visit CityofPSL . com / GoodNews .
Stewards of the Environment
Our leaders have been fighting for our rivers and natural resources at a local level for the past 20 years through a variety of efforts . These include one of the largest septic-to-sewer conversions in the country , building hundreds of acres of stormwater treatment areas , the St . Lucie River / C23 Water Quality Project and Eastern Watershed Improvement Project .
Clean and Beautiful
The City is nearly litter-free , according to the Keep America Beautiful Community Appearance Litter Index . This distinction is the result of continuous hard work by our residents , businesses and visitors .
Statistics
• U . S . News & World Report named Port St . Lucie as the second safest city in the country .
• Quicken Loans named Port St . Lucie as the No . 5 fastest-growing city in the U . S .
• Patch . com named Port St . Lucie No . 4 most ethnically diverse city in Florida
• Opendoor . com named Port St . Lucie No . 19 hottest ZIP code in the nation . ( 34953 )
• WalletHub : » No . 9 best local real estate market .
» No . 4 best place for first-time homebuyers .
» No . 6 city for Hispanic entrepreneurs .
With nearly 240,000 residents , Port St . Lucie is the
2nd
Largest city in south Florida
6th
Largest city in the state
Quality of Life
Port St . Lucie
Nearly 80 % of residents who participated in a statistically valid National Community Survey™ from 2018 through 2023 rated Port St . Lucie as an excellent or good place to live . Respondents ’ evaluations for the overall quality of life , neighborhoods , the City as a place to retire , raise children and live — and the overall appearance and image — have each improved considerably since a baseline survey was conducted in 2009 . In fact , U . S . News & World Report ranked Port St . Lucie as the 10th most desirable city in 2023 . We ’ re proud to be the spring training home of the New York Mets , as well as the new home of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame .