Best suburbs of Tampa

We scored all 58 towns and communities of 10,000+ people in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area on what most people weigh when they pick a suburb: what homes cost compared with local pay, household income, poverty, commute times, education, homeownership and how many families with kids live there. Pebble Creek, Keystone and Apollo Beach come out on top.

top 10 upper half lower half Tampa. Dot size shows population.

The top 25

#	Place	Score	Population	Median home	Home vs income	Household income	Commute	Poverty	Miles away
1	Pebble Creek, FL	78	10,447	$435,900	4.0×	$110,085	27.8 min	6.0%	16
2	Keystone, FL	77	25,858	$653,500	4.1×	$161,056	31.4 min	3.9%	13
3	Apollo Beach, FL	74	33,355	$472,700	3.7×	$127,617	35.3 min	4.6%	15
4	Progress Village, FL	74	10,450	$286,900	3.2×	$88,694	27.2 min	7.4%	9
5	Wesley Chapel, FL	73	76,011	$403,700	3.8×	$107,504	31.1 min	6.4%	19
6	Bardmoor, FL	72	10,292	$334,700	3.7×	$89,400	25.4 min	8.6%	18
7	Trinity, FL	71	18,907	$459,800	4.0×	$113,580	30.0 min	9.9%	18
8	Safety Harbor, FL	71	16,624	$454,000	4.2×	$106,830	24.9 min	6.1%	14
9	Fish Hawk, FL	69	26,186	$561,000	4.1×	$135,271	38.6 min	7.2%	18
10	Lutz, FL	68	27,106	$486,500	4.1×	$120,031	31.8 min	6.1%	12
11	Land O' Lakes, FL	66	38,910	$377,400	3.8×	$98,568	30.6 min	8.3%	17
12	Riverview, FL	64	113,697	$384,200	3.8×	$100,438	34.8 min	7.5%	15
13	Valrico, FL	64	40,239	$393,700	3.8×	$104,839	31.5 min	9.9%	16
14	Westchase, FL	64	24,885	$559,500	4.5×	$124,434	27.8 min	5.3%	10
15	Bloomingdale, FL	63	23,827	$414,700	4.0×	$104,547	31.2 min	8.9%	15
16	Pasadena Hills, FL	62	13,505	$338,900	4.0×	$84,821	35.2 min	4.3%	26
17	Oldsmar, FL	60	14,521	$380,300	4.3×	$88,333	24.7 min	8.6%	13
18	Cheval, FL	59	13,969	$525,700	5.2×	$101,907	28.0 min	4.6%	13
19	East Lake, FL	58	33,283	$488,000	4.9×	$99,333	28.3 min	6.2%	17
20	Northdale, FL	58	25,710	$418,900	4.4×	$94,926	31.4 min	5.7%	10
21	Citrus Park, FL	56	28,804	$385,000	4.1×	$93,457	29.7 min	10.3%	9
22	Carrollwood, FL	55	36,725	$384,600	4.7×	$81,959	26.6 min	8.4%	6
23	Tarpon Springs, FL	51	25,602	$340,700	4.3×	$79,529	28.5 min	10.0%	22
24	Shady Hills, FL	51	11,983	$233,200	3.4×	$68,409	32.7 min	12.2%	30
25	Gibsonton, FL	50	18,754	$304,500	3.6×	$83,875	33.0 min	17.2%	12

Show all 58 places

#	Place	Score	Population	Median home	Home vs income	Household income	Commute	Poverty	Miles away
26	Largo, FL	49	80,690	$229,100	3.7×	$62,096	24.9 min	13.1%	18
27	Palm Harbor, FL	49	61,512	$405,300	5.1×	$78,935	26.7 min	10.3%	19
28	Ruskin, FL	49	29,834	$323,000	4.1×	$79,235	35.6 min	10.8%	19
29	Seminole, FL	48	18,997	$348,500	4.6×	$75,774	26.3 min	9.4%	21
30	Spring Hill, FL	47	119,983	$288,500	4.2×	$68,432	29.8 min	11.8%	35
31	Palm River-Clair Mel, FL	47	27,844	$271,700	3.8×	$71,787	30.6 min	13.1%	7
32	Brandon, FL	46	119,767	$339,000	4.3×	$79,685	28.4 min	11.4%	11
33	Sun City Center, FL	46	33,548	$317,000	4.3×	$73,528	33.5 min	8.3%	19
34	Temple Terrace, FL	46	27,075	$334,800	4.8×	$69,252	26.0 min	9.0%	8
35	St. Petersburg, FL	45	264,033	$371,100	4.9×	$75,192	25.6 min	12.5%	17
36	Pinellas Park, FL	45	52,295	$278,900	4.4×	$63,432	22.5 min	12.9%	16
37	Dunedin, FL	45	35,227	$396,000	5.3×	$74,477	24.9 min	8.2%	20
38	Lake Magdalene, FL	45	32,083	$371,800	4.9×	$75,594	27.1 min	13.0%	8
39	Plant City, FL	44	44,118	$291,800	4.3×	$67,439	28.2 min	15.0%	22
40	Town 'n' Country, FL	43	85,928	$337,100	4.6×	$73,538	28.0 min	11.3%	7
41	East Lake-Orient Park, FL	42	29,213	$233,200	4.1×	$56,573	26.8 min	17.8%	7
42	New Port Richey, FL	42	18,299	$183,100	3.8×	$47,606	27.8 min	10.5%	24
43	Elfers, FL	42	15,006	$202,300	3.6×	$56,054	30.5 min	14.8%	22
44	West Lealman, FL	42	14,944	$169,100	3.3×	$51,589	28.7 min	17.6%	19
45	Gulfport, FL	39	11,404	$366,200	5.1×	$71,203	23.1 min	13.4%	21
46	Thonotosassa, FL	38	15,764	$312,300	4.4×	$71,272	29.8 min	16.7%	12
47	Jasmine Estates, FL	35	23,571	$199,500	3.9×	$50,718	28.0 min	18.1%	26
48	Holiday, FL	35	22,785	$170,100	3.5×	$48,186	29.8 min	19.3%	22
49	Lealman, FL	35	20,567	$196,400	4.3×	$45,308	25.4 min	15.6%	16
50	Clearwater, FL	34	114,364	$361,300	5.4×	$66,381	22.7 min	14.8%	18
51	Zephyrhills, FL	33	22,447	$224,700	4.3×	$52,108	31.6 min	13.2%	26
52	Wimauma, FL	31	15,266	$379,000	5.6×	$68,274	37.8 min	23.6%	23
53	New Port Richey East, FL	28	11,939	$220,700	4.7×	$46,641	24.8 min	15.4%	24
54	Bayonet Point, FL	27	23,822	$177,000	4.2×	$42,524	29.9 min	19.0%	28
55	Egypt Lake-Leto, FL	26	35,873	$315,100	5.8×	$54,032	27.3 min	16.7%	4
56	Mango, FL	25	13,242	$256,600	4.9×	$52,524	33.1 min	14.6%	11
57	University, FL	24	48,127	$164,900	4.4×	$37,207	27.9 min	37.0%	8
58	Hudson, FL	21	11,254	$269,200	5.2×	$51,513	34.7 min	13.0%	30

Most affordable homes

Progress Village 3.2 years of income, $286,900
West Lealman 3.3 years of income, $169,100
Shady Hills 3.4 years of income, $233,200
Holiday 3.5 years of income, $170,100
Gibsonton 3.6 years of income, $304,500

Most families with kids

Fish Hawk 59.1% of households
Wimauma 53.9% of households
Gibsonton 43.0% of households
Pebble Creek 42.7% of households
Ruskin 42.1% of households

How the score works

For each measure we rank the 58 places from worst to best within this metro area, then combine the ranks with these weights: home value compared with household income (20%), household income (15%), poverty rate (15%), average commute (15%), share of adults with a bachelor's degree (10%), homeownership (10%), households with children (10%) and population growth since 2020 (5%). Unincorporated communities have no official growth estimate, so they get the middle value for that part. A score of 100 would mean first on every measure.

Everything comes from the Census Bureau: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 and the 2025 population estimates. We leave out crime and school ratings because comparable official data for every town does not exist; check local school district and police data for the places on your shortlist.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best suburbs of Tampa?

On our data-only score, Pebble Creek, Keystone and Apollo Beach rank highest among 58 places of 10,000+ people in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area.

What is the most affordable suburb of Tampa?

Progress Village has the lowest ratio of median home value to household income (3.2 years), with a median home of $286,900.

Which Tampa suburb has the shortest commute?

Pinellas Park, where the average commute is 22.5 minutes each way.

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Places are incorporated cities, towns and villages plus census-designated places with 10,000 or more residents, assigned to the metro area by county (OMB 2023 delineations). Distances are straight lines from the center of Tampa. The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000 for income and $2,000,000 for home values, shown with a plus sign.