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26,186people live here $135,271median household income▲ 68% above US $2,280median rent per month▲ 61% above US $561,000median home value▲ 69% above US

Fish Hawk 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 Fish Hawk

Fish Hawk is an unincorporated community in Florida with household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Fish Hawk deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, long average commutes, and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Highly educated workforce

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Long commutes
Air quality concerns
High student-teacher ratio
Hot summers

How Fish Hawk compares

Median household income

Fish Hawk$135,271

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Fish Hawk$2,280

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Fish Hawk$561,000

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Fish Hawk

Based on Fish Hawk's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$4,560

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $91,200 a year
44% of Fish Hawk renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$112,200

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $56,100
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▲ 61% above US

$2,280/mo median rent

Rent is expensive here, at $2,280 a month median and well above the national average. This is the kind of city where housing costs deserve serious budgeting before committing to a move. Home prices are steep, with a median around $561,000. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $561,000 · 44% 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

Fish Hawk 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 around▲ 48% above US

39 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 38.6 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 27% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

67%

Work from home

27%

Carpool

4.5%

Other

1.0%

Walk

0.5%

Public transit

0.3%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 93°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 52°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▲ 53% above US

55% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a highly educated city, with over half the adult population holding a college degree. That tends to shape the job market and the broader culture, and it's a solid indicator of a strong professional scene.

Schools

6 public schools inside the boundary

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

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is De Soto National Memorial (35 miles away).

Bottom line

Fish Hawk's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($2,280/mo) equals 20% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (27% of workers here already work from home) and college-educated professionals. It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget and people who dread long commutes.

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