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29,213people live here $56,573median household income▼ 30% below US $1,555median rent per month▲ 10% above US $233,200median home value▼ 30% below US

East Lake-Orient Park is an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in East Lake-Orient Park

East Lake-Orient Park is an unincorporated community in Florida with home prices that remain within reach. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. East Lake-Orient Park deals with household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, larger class sizes than the national average, and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin.

The good

Affordable home prices

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
High student-teacher ratio
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers

How East Lake-Orient Park compares

Median household income

East Lake-Orient Park$56,573

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

East Lake-Orient Park$1,555

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

East Lake-Orient Park$233,200

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to East Lake-Orient Park

Based on East Lake-Orient Park's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,110

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $62,200 a year
57% of East Lake-Orient Park renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$46,640

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $23,320
Homes cost 4.1× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 10% above US

$1,555/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,555 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $233,200. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $233,200 · 57% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.0% county unemployment

Unemployment in Hillsborough County is 4.0%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Hillsborough County (county-wide)

Safety

126 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

East Lake-Orient Park doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 436/100k · Policed by Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

27 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 26.8 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 22% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

60%

Work from home

22%

Carpool

12%

Other

3.3%

Public transit

1.8%

Walk

1.3%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 55°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 31% below US

25% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 25%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

6 public schools inside the boundary

There are 6 public schools inside the boundary and 7 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is De Soto National Memorial (36 miles away).

Bottom line

East Lake-Orient Park's strongest point is home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,555/mo) equals 33% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (22% of workers here already work from home).

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