The Villages - Florida - USA
The Villages still ranked No. 1 nationally in sales.The Villages now has 93,420 people—that's a 29 percent increase. Last year, 2,307 retirees purchased homes in The Villages. The development's scale and isolation make it feel more like a colony than a community. Almost everyone is old, almost everyone drives a golf cart — they outnumber cabs in New York City by a factor of four — and almost everyone is white. Spanning 23,000 acres, The Villages boasts 513 holes of golf, 85 restaurants, 63 swimming pools, 14 medical centers, located a hour's drive north of Orlando. That's because despite having fewer home sales last year, The Villages still closed on nearly 1,200 more homes in 2014 than the No. 2 master-planned community on the list. Second-ranked Irvine Ranch in Orange County, Calif., sold 1,431 homes last year, a 1-percent increase over 2013. "Most master-planned communities sold fewer homes in 2014 than 20B, some due to delays in lot a...
