Beacon SquareFL
A town of 7,895.
Is Beacon Square a good place to live?
Beacon Square is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 340th among Florida's 634 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 64% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $172K, 2.3 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. 10% of the land in Beacon Square is conserved, above both Florida’s towns (3%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Beacon Square is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 71% of U.S. towns.
What makes Beacon Square stand out
Where Beacon Square beats most towns.
Beacon Square has grown 15% from 2010 to 2020
7,224 counted in 2010 and 8,320 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Beacon Square grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Beacon Square is from typical.
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Moving to Beacon Square: who provides what
Beacon Square is unincorporated, so Pasco 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 Beacon Square.
Beacon Square is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
Beacon Square’s grade for health is a C−
Against the 7,909 U.S. towns with household incomes like Beacon Square’s, it is less healthy than 57%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Beacon Square, above both the Florida town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 41% of Beacon Square adults have high blood pressure. Beacon Square beats the Florida average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 16.
| Beacon Square | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Beacon Square | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.6% | 12.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 7.2% |
| More smokers | 17% | 12.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Beacon Square
Beacon Square has 702 jobs for its 3,344 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Beacon Square for work: only 1% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Beacon Square. The top destinations are Tampa (7%), Clearwater (5%) and Palm Harbor (4%).
| Beacon Square | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Beacon Square has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 50.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.2°.
Beacon Square has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Beacon Square is 51°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Beacon Square | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 51°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Beacon Square has set aside 10.4% of its land for conservation
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Beacon Square’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beacon Square Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
High risk in Beacon Square, with hurricanes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 416 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Beacon Square.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Beacon Square sells for about $230K at the median
At 2.3 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 96% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $933, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Tropicana Field and 43 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Beacon Square. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
26 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
23 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
24 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
32 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 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Yuengling Center: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0
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Everything we know about Beacon Square
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Beacon Square
About 5 of every 100 Beacon Square residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
99% of working residents leave Beacon Square for work
Where Beacon Square’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Beacon Square
CDP in Florida, United States
Beacon Square is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Beacon Square had a population of 8,320.
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- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- Area code
- 727
Beacon Square’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Beacon Square.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Square | #340 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
| Elfers | #291 | C+ | B− | — | B | C− |
| Holiday | #384 | C | B− | — | B | D |
| New Port Richey | #186 | B− | B− | — | B | C− |
Beacon Square, Elfers, Holiday and New Port Richey report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Beacon Square with a neighbor →
Questions about Beacon Square
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beacon Square, FL a good place to live?
Beacon Square grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #340 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Beacon Square, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $172,000, 54% below the Florida typical home. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.