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15,764people live here $71,272median household income▼ 12% below US $1,134median rent per month▼ 20% below US $312,300median home valueNear US average

Thonotosassa 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 Thonotosassa

Thonotosassa is an unincorporated community in Florida with rent below the national average 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. Thonotosassa deals with commute times longer than most cities, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, hot summers, and above-average rainfall.

The good

Rent below the national average
Average class sizes

The not so good

Above-average commute times
Air quality concerns
Hot summers
Above-average rainfall
Car-dependent — few commuters use transit

How Thonotosassa compares

Median household income

Thonotosassa$71,272

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Thonotosassa$1,134

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Thonotosassa$312,300

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Thonotosassa

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

To rent

$2,268

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $45,360 a year
46% of Thonotosassa renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$62,460

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $31,230
Homes cost 4.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▼ 20% below US

$1,134/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,134 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices are reasonable, with a median around $312,300. Not a steal, but not intimidating either.

Median home value $312,300 · 46% 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

Thonotosassa 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▲ 15% above US

30 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 29.8 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 16% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

69%

Work from home

16%

Carpool

11%

Other

2.4%

Public transit

0.6%

Walk

0.6%

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▼ 24% below US

27% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 27%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

4 public schools inside the boundary

There are 4 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 (43 miles away).

Bottom line

Thonotosassa's strongest point is rent below the national average; the main tradeoffs are commute times longer than most cities and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,134/mo) equals 19% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget and remote workers (16% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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