BalmFL
A town of 7,181, settled in 1902.
Is Balm a good place to live?
Balm is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 441st among Florida's 634 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $115K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $345K, 4.6 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. 4.3% of residents are 65 or older in Balm, below both the Florida town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 19 of Florida’s 776 towns score lower on walkability.
What makes Balm stand out
Where Balm beats most towns.
Balm has grown 349% from 2010 to 2020
1,457 counted in 2010 and 6,541 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Balm grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Balm is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tropicana Field and 66 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Balm. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
31 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
21 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
21 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí MuseumPhoto credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Balm: who provides what
Balm is unincorporated, so Hillsborough County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Balm.
Balm has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to Tampa and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Fewer of Balm’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Balm has 163 jobs for its 3,007 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 36.6 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
For Balm, the average trip to work is 37 minutes. Only 10 of the 638 Florida towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Balm. The median commute is under 21 miles. The top destinations are Tampa (22%), East Lake-Orient Park (5%) and Brandon (4%).
| Balm | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $115,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 24.3% of Balm
Trails run 1.0 miles in 1 park or preserve. For Balm, the density of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. This Florida town has one park or preserve, 3 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ayersworth Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Balm: mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 50.3°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91°.
The peak summer temperature in Balm is 91°F. Snow is a rarity.
| Balm | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 50°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Balm ranks healthier than three in five of the country’s towns
Against the 6,499 U.S. towns with household incomes like Balm’s, it is less healthy than 74%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
The share of adults in Balm who report frequent physical distress: 13%. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Balm is ahead of Florida on 7 and behind on 6. 16% of adults in the town have been diagnosed with depression; 22% worry about having enough food.
| Balm | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 15% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Balm | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.2% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 19.1% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Balm has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Balm’s FEMA hazard score is 61 of 100. Expected losses in Balm break down as 33% from hurricanes and 29% from inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Balm households in 6 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Balm sells for about $348K at the median
A home in Balm typically sold within 46 days of listing. In Balm, the typical sale closed at 99.5% of the list price. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 78%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Balm
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Balm; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Balm residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
100% of working residents leave Balm for work
Where Balm’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Balm
Unincorporated community in Florida, US
Balm is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Balm had a population of 6,541.
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- Area
- 10 sq mi
- Elevation
- 131 ft
- ZIP code
- 33503
- Area code
- 813
Balm’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Balm.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balm | #441 | C− | C− | — | C+ | B |
| Riverview | #365 | C | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Wimauma | #550 | D | D | — | C+ | C+ |
| Sun City Center | #489 | C− | D | — | C+ | B |
Balm, Riverview, Wimauma and Sun City Center report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Balm with a neighbor →
Questions about Balm
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Balm, FL a good place to live?
Balm grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #441 of 634 in Florida. It grades B for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Balm, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $345,000, 8% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.