Hill 'n Dale, Florida

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024

$185,300U.S.: $332,700

Home prices since then

Up 9.2%Hernando County, 2022 to 2025

Typical rent, with utilities

$1,373 a monthU.S.: $1,413

Homes owned by the people living in them

80%U.S.: 65%

Typical property tax bill

$798 a yearFlorida: $2,730

Homes built before 1940

0%U.S.: 12%

Homes built since 2010

6%U.S.: 11%

Vacation and seasonal homes

0%U.S.: 3%

Everyday prices

100.9U.S. average = 100 (the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 9.2% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area, not Hill 'n Dale alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2020-2024 Census survey

3,083The Census Bureau makes yearly estimates only for incorporated towns

Median age

44.1 yearsU.S.: 38.9

Age 65 and older

16%U.S.: 17%

Under 18

20%U.S.: 22%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or more

14%U.S.: 36%

Moved here from another county or state in the past year

3%U.S.: 6%

College students

5%share of all residents

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work

Schools, health care and social services (17%); arts, recreation, lodging and restaurants (16%)

Unemployment rate

3%U.S.: 5%

Work from home

11%U.S.: 15%

Below the poverty line

10%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Tampa General Hospital Brooksville, Brooksville, FL, about 7 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 1 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

1 public school in Hill 'n Dale, run by Hernando. The nearest public high school is Hernando High School, about 7 miles away.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Florida's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet

81%U.S.: 76%

Homes with any internet subscription

95%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low

49°F

July average high

91°F

Days 90°F or hotter

89 a year

Nights at or below freezing

6 a year

Rain and melted snow

51.9 inches a year

Snow

0 inches a year

Elevation

106 feet

Weather station: Brooksville Chin Hill (8 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Tampa General Hospital Brooksville, Clermont, Tampa.

Hernando County is in a metro area of 1 million people or more (USDA rural-urban code 1, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).