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Shady Hills.
Shady Hills is an unincorporated community in Pasco 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 Shady Hills
Shady Hills is an unincorporated community in Florida with home prices that remain within reach, air quality that stays clean most of the year, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.
The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Shady Hills deals with household incomes below the national average, commute times longer than most cities, college degree attainment below the national average, and hot summers.
The good
- Affordable home prices
- Clean air
- Average class sizes
The not so good
- Below-average household incomes
- Above-average commute times
- Low college degree attainment
- Hot summers
- Above-average rainfall
How Shady Hills compares
Median household income
Median home value
What it takes to move to Shady Hills
Based on Shady Hills's median rent, home value and household income
To buy
$46,640
a 20% down payment on the median home
- With 10% down: $23,320
- Homes cost 3.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)
Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.
The details
Job market
4.3% county unemployment
Unemployment in Pasco County is 4.3%, 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.
Pasco County (county-wide)
Safety
219 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction
Shady Hills doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Pasco 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 652/100k · Policed by Pasco County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data
Getting around▲ 26% above US
33 min average commute
Traffic is a real factor here. The 32.7 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. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 16% work from home.
How workers get to work
Climate
Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 46°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.
Average month
30-year averages, 1991–2020
Education & workforce▼ 59% below US
15% bachelor's degree or higher
This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.
Schools
3 public schools inside the boundary
There are 3 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, close to the national average of 16:1.
Parks & recreation
The nearest national park or historic site is De Soto National Memorial (60 miles away).
Bottom line
Shady Hills's strongest points are home prices that remain within reach and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and commute times longer than most cities. It tends to suit remote workers (16% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes.
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