ChevalFL
A town of 13,969.
Is Cheval a good place to live?
The typical home is worth about $526K, 7.1 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Overall it grades C+, 230th among Florida's 634 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country and the median household earns $102K. 55% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cheval, above both Florida’s towns (31%) and U.S. towns (29%).
Cheval has grown 17% from 2010 to 2020
10,702 counted in 2010 and 12,522 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Cheval grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Cheval is from typical.
Its grades run from A for health (better than 91% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tropicana Field and 50 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cheval. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
9 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
15 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
9 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
27 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí MuseumPhoto credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yuengling Center: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Cheval: who provides what
Cheval 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 Cheval.
Cheval has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of Florida, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
Conserved land covers 0% of Cheval
6.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Cheval’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Calusa Trace Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Cheval fall behind 57% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Hillsborough school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schwarzkopf Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 555 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
For health, Cheval earns an A
Its widest gap with Florida is no health insurance: 10.2% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 15.9% statewide.
11% of Cheval adults report frequent physical distress. Cheval beats the Florida average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of Cheval adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Cheval | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 25% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cheval | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.2% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.8% | 7.2% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 75.3% | 78.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cheval has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here grew from 2,113 in 2013 to 3,510. 26.7% of workers work from home, against 15.7% across Florida.
Most working residents leave Cheval for work: only 4% work in town. 27% of workers work from home in Cheval. Since 2013, Cheval has added 1,397 jobs, to 3,510 in 2023.
| Cheval | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Cheval
January nights average 48.5°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.5°.
Cheval has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Cheval is 49°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Cheval | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 49°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hurricanes leads a moderate hazard risk in Cheval
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cheval.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Cheval sells for about $585K
At 7.1 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 83% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $5,638, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Cheval
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Cheval
About 6 of every 100 Cheval residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
96% of working residents leave Cheval for work
Where Cheval’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cheval
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Cheval is a census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cheval had a population of 12,522.
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- Area
- 6.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 59 ft
- Area code
- 813
Cheval’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Cheval.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Keystone (C+) comes closest.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheval | #230 | C+ | D− | — | C+ | A |
| Lutz | #236 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A |
| Keystone | #234 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A |
| Northdale | #251 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A− |
Cheval, Lutz, Keystone and Northdale report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cheval with a neighbor →
Questions about Cheval
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cheval, FL a good place to live?
Cheval grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #230 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Cheval, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $526,000, 40% above 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 D−.