East LakeFL
A town of 33,283.
Is East Lake a good place to live?
The typical home is worth about $488K, 6.6 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Overall it grades C+, 266th among Florida's 634 graded towns. It is healthier than 84% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $99K. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 72% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 36% of the land in East Lake is conserved, where Florida’s towns sit at 3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Brooker Creek Preserve, at 7,338 acres with 5.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 56 of Florida’s 779 towns score higher on the outdoors.
95% of working residents leave East Lake for work
Where East Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How East Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far East Lake is from typical.
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Tropicana Field and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
17 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
18 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
25 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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Moving to East Lake: who provides what
East Lake is unincorporated, so Pinellas 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 East Lake.
East Lake keeps more of its land conserved than most of Florida and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
Nearly a third of East Lake is conserved land
Its 7,258 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 98% of Florida towns.
14 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brooker Creek Preserve | 5.2 mi | 7,338 |
| 2. John Chesnut Sr. Park | 3.3 mi | 261 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in East Lake beat 58% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Pinellas school district. Three of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is East Lake High School, with 1,980 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Woods Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 676 | A+ |
| East Lake High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,980 | B |
| East Lake Middle School Academy of EngineeringTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 392 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
East Lake’s grade for health is an A−
Its widest gap with Florida is food insecurity: 8.4% of its 26,575 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.8% statewide.
14% of adults report frequent mental distress in East Lake, below both the Florida town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). 32% of East Lake adults sleep under 7 hours. East Lake beats the Florida average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| East Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | East Lake | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 16.8% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.3% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.5% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of East Lake’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 4,256 in 2013 to 6,113. 25.8% of workers work from home, against 15.7% across Florida.
Most working residents leave East Lake for work: only 5% work in town. 26% of workers work from home in East Lake. Jobs based in East Lake grew to 6,113 in 2023, 1,857 more than in 2013.
| East Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in East Lake
Since 1979, 52 flood insurance claims have been paid out in East Lake.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in East Lake
January nights average 49.4°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.4°.
East Lake has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. East Lake’s January low is 49°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| East Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 49°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in East Lake sells for about $514K
At 6.6 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 80% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
The median rent in East Lake is $1,942 a month.
| East Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,942 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about East Lake
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of East Lake
About 5 of every 100 East Lake residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About East Lake
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
East Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It was one of the last areas in the densely populated county to develop and often confused with East Lake in neighboring Hillsborough County. The population was 32,344 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- Area code
- 727
East Lake’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with East Lake.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Lake | #266 | C+ | D− | — | B | A− |
| Tarpon Springs | #293 | C+ | C− | C+ | B | B |
| Oldsmar | #238 | C+ | C− | C+ | B | B+ |
| Palm Harbor | #216 | C+ | D | — | B | B+ |
| Keystone | #234 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A |
| Trinity | #226 | C+ | D− | — | B | A− |
| Westchase | #144 | B− | D− | — | C+ | A+ |
East Lake, Palm Harbor, Keystone, Trinity and Westchase report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare East Lake with a neighbor →
Questions about East Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Lake, FL a good place to live?
East Lake grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #266 of 634 in Florida. It grades A− for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is East Lake, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $488,000, 30% 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−.