Tampa, Florida
Cost of living, housing, income, commute, climate, and safety — compiled for relocators researching Tampa.
Key figures
Each metric shows how Tampa compares with the U.S. baseline (ACS/BLS nationals where available; catalog-city averages for crime, climate, and commute). Income, housing, population, and crime are for the incorporated city (city limits), not the broader metro/MSA — unemployment is county-level (BLS LAUS).
- Population
- 393,389City limits · not metro/MSA
- Median household income
- $71,302Incorporated place (ACS)9% below U.S. avgU.S. $78,538
- Housing cost index
- 120ACS home+rent vs U.S. (100 = avg)20% above U.S. avgU.S. 100
- Median home value
- $375,300City limits (ACS)24% above U.S. avgU.S. $303,400
- Median rent
- $1,567City limits (ACS)16% above U.S. avgU.S. $1,348
- Unemployment
- 4.5%County LAUS · not city-onlyNear U.S. avg (4.2 pts)U.S. 4.2 pts
- Avg commute
- 27 min8% above U.S. avgU.S. 25 min
- Walk Score
- 5011% above U.S. avgU.S. 45
- Violent crime rate
- 405annualized per 100k · citywide33% below U.S. avgU.S. 602.7
- Property crime rate
- 1628.7annualized per 100k · citywide47% below U.S. avgU.S. 3084.9
- Summer high
- 91°F4.0°F above U.S. avgU.S. 87°F
- Winter low
- 55°F21.0°F above U.S. avgU.S. 34°F
- Annual rainfall
- 49.5 in50% above U.S. avgU.S. 32.9 in
- Sunny days
- 257Near U.S. avg (266)U.S. 266
Compare Tampa with another city
Relocators eyeing Tampa, Florida will find roughly 393,389 residents within city limits. Median household income is roughly $71,302, while the ACS housing-cost index sits near 120 — above the national housing-cost baseline (100 ≈ U.S. average). Budget for median rents around $1,567 a month before you lock a neighborhood.
Tampa is compact enough that a single wrong neighborhood choice is easy to feel day to day — visit at commute hour before signing. Figures on this page are merged from Census ACS, BLS LAUS, FBI Crime Data Explorer, and NOAA Climate Normals — use them to compare Tampa with nearby alternatives before you relocate.
Subtropical summers, hurricane planning, and no state income tax loom large. The normals show about 49.5 inches of rain and 257 sunny days across a typical year. Plan on roughly 27 minutes each way for a typical commute; Walk Score is about 50. Unemployment recently ran near 4.5%, broadly in line with many large U.S. counties. Violent-offense rates near 405 per 100k sit in a mid-to-elevated band versus many peer cities in this catalog.
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Sources
- Census / ACS: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-year (Tampa city, 1600000US1271000)
- BLS: BLS LAUS LAUCN120570000000003 (Hillsborough County, May 2026)
- Crime: FBI CIUS Table 8 (2019) city offenses known to law enforcement — rates per 100k; CDE API unavailable at enrich time
- Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 Monthly Normals (USW00012842 TAMPA INTL AP)
Last updated 2026-07-28