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How University CDP (Hillsborough County)'s prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
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Your $100,000 in University CDP (Hillsborough County) has the same purchasing power as $93,432 in the average US city. You'd need $6,568 more here to maintain that standard of living.
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These are the reasons people actually move to University CDP (Hillsborough County), ordered roughly by what shows up loudest in the data. Wage income stays untaxed at the state level and year-round warm weather lead, plus 4 more things worth knowing — the rest unpacked below.
Wage income in University CDP (Hillsborough County) isn't taxed at the state level. Florida is one of the few US states with no income tax, which is one of the reasons people relocating from high-tax states tend to land here in the first place.
A jacket, not a parka — winters in University CDP (Hillsborough County) average 55°F. Summer ramps up to about 91°F, which is real heat, but the rest of the year is the kind of weather you'd pay good money to visit.
The reported crime rate in University CDP (Hillsborough County) runs about 965 per 100,000 residents — meaningfully below the national norm. People who care about safety as a baseline rather than a feature tend to land in cities with numbers like these.
With a citywide Walk Score of 69/100, University CDP (Hillsborough County) sits firmly in the walkable-by-US-standards camp. Pick a central neighborhood and most daily errands happen without keys in your hand.
Bike Score of 63/100 in University CDP (Hillsborough County). That puts it in the small group of US cities where you can do groceries, commute, and run errands on a bike without it being a feat of urban survival.
Average AQI in University CDP (Hillsborough County) comes in around 42, well into the "good" band. Clean air isn't a thing you appreciate until you've lived somewhere it wasn't — and this is the side of that line you want to be on.
Reasons are pulled from University CDP (Hillsborough County)'s actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
It's rare. Winters in University CDP (Hillsborough County) run about 55°F — cold-snap mornings happen, real snowfall doesn't, except maybe once a decade.
Not very. Average winter temperatures of about 55°F mean University CDP (Hillsborough County) skips the harsh-winter problem most of the country has. A handful of cold mornings, otherwise sweater weather at worst.
Properly hot. University CDP (Hillsborough County)'s summer averages around 91°F with daily highs that routinely break 100°F. The trick to summer here is starting the day at sunrise and staying inside through the worst of it.
Zone 10, give or take a half-zone. University CDP (Hillsborough County)'s typical winter low puts it in that band on the USDA Hardiness map, which is what nurseries label plants against. Use Zone 10 as your starting filter; the USDA's interactive map is more precise for borderline cases.
Around 56 feet (17 m) above sea level — flat enough that nothing about University CDP (Hillsborough County)'s altitude shows up in daily life.
Atlantic basin storms can form from June 1 to November 30, but the serious ones cluster in August, September, and the first half of October. Residents of University CDP (Hillsborough County) learn the season's rhythm fast: watch the cone, board up when it's the call, and don't shrug off the slow-mover storms — those are usually the ones that flood.
The headline number is reassuring. University CDP (Hillsborough County)'s reported incident rate of about 965 per 100,000 is comfortably below the US norm of around 3,500 per 100k. Specific neighborhoods always vary, but the broader picture is on the safer side.
It's a middle-of-the-road US city on cost. University CDP (Hillsborough County)'s index of 107 sits within a few points of the national average — your money buys roughly what it would in a typical American metro.
In parts, yes. With a citywide Walk Score of 69/100, University CDP (Hillsborough County) has genuinely walkable neighborhoods alongside more sprawled stretches. Transit Score is 28 out of 100. If walkability matters to you, the neighborhood choice will matter more than the city-level number.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $74,921 to live in University CDP (Hillsborough County) the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in University CDP (Hillsborough County) runs about $1,105/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.