Crystal SpringsFL
Population 1,298: a town settled in 1911.
Is Crystal Springs a good place to live?
Crystal Springs’ best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. No town in Florida scores higher than Crystal Springs on cost of living. Crystal Springs has 1 place on the National Register. Only 67 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on the outdoors. Crystal Springs has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Crystal Springs grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Crystal Springs is from typical.
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The data
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Crystal Springs stands out in Florida and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
The typical household income in Crystal Springs is $62,000. The share of residents in Crystal Springs who live below the poverty line is 13%, above both the Florida town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The median commute is under 21 miles. The top destinations are Tampa (17%), Zephyrhills (7%) and Lakeland (5%).
| Crystal Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Crystal Springs is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Federal aid has come to Crystal Springs households in 8 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024. On expected storm and flood damage, Crystal Springs sits above 78% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 48% come from inland flooding and 33% from hurricanes. 2 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crystal Springs: mild winters and hot summers
For Crystal Springs, the peak summer temperature is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 7.7% of Crystal Springs
Crystal Springs has one park or preserve, 2 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Upper Hillsborough Preserve | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On CDC estimates, Crystal Springs is less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
18% of Crystal Springs adults report frequent mental distress. This Florida town beats the Florida average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. The share of adults in Crystal Springs who smoke cigarettes is 16%, above both Florida’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (14%).
| Crystal Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Crystal Springs | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.4% | 15.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.6% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Crystal Springs
Walt Disney World Resort and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crystal Springs. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
25 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
19 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa3.8M visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
31 mi Theme parkLegoland FloridaPhoto credits
Walt Disney World Resort: Anthony Quintano from Westminster, United States, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Legoland Florida: Jacob Montgomery, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Crystal Springs: who provides what
Crystal Springs 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.
100% of working residents leave Crystal Springs for work
Where Crystal Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crystal Springs
About 2 of every 100 Crystal Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Crystal Springs
CDP in Florida, United States
Crystal Springs is a hydrological spring and a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crystal Springs had a population of 1,268.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 5.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 75 ft
- ZIP code
- 33524
- Area code
- 813
Questions about Crystal Springs
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crystal Springs, FL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.
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