Fish HawkFL
A town of 26,186, settled in 1902.
Is Fish Hawk a good place to live?
Fish Hawk's standout: it has 21 miles of trail and 33% conserved land. Overall it grades C, ranked 328th of 634 in Florida. Residents are healthier than 91% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $561K, 7.5 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. 33% of the land in Fish Hawk is conserved, against 3% in Florida’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Only 54 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Lithia Springs Park, at 96 acres.
Fish Hawk has grown 75% from 2010 to 2020
14,087 counted in 2010 and 24,625 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Fish Hawk grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Fish Hawk is from typical.
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Tropicana Field and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fish Hawk. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
18 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
39 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
19 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling CenterPhoto 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 · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Yuengling Center: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain
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Moving to Fish Hawk: who provides what
Fish Hawk 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 Fish Hawk.
Fish Hawk 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.
Fish Hawk has set aside nearly a third of its land for conservation
Its 3,465 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 97% of Florida towns. Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #5 of 638 in Florida.
21 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. At 1.3 miles per square mile, Fish Hawk’s trail density is where Florida’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fishhawk Park | 3.4 mi | 92 |
| 2. Central Park | 1.2 mi | 9 |
| 3. Lithia Springs Park | 0.4 mi | 96 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Fish Hawk fall behind 57% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Hillsborough school district. Three of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Newsome High School, with 3,157 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randall Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,373 | A |
| Newsome High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,157 | A |
| Bevis Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 826 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Fish Hawk earns an A for health
Its A for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Bloomingdale (A−) comes closest. Its widest gap with Florida is food insecurity: 9.7% of its 16,106 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.8% statewide.
19% of adults binge drink in Fish Hawk. Fish Hawk beats the Florida average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Fish Hawk.
| Fish Hawk | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 25% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Fish Hawk | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 16.8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.5% | 7.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.5% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Fish Hawk’s workers commute out
The average commute for its 10,633 working residents takes 38.6 minutes, against 28 across Florida. Jobs based here grew from 1,439 in 2013 to 3,788.
Most working residents leave Fish Hawk for work: only 4% work in town. Fish Hawk’s average trip to work is 39 minutes. Since 2013, Fish Hawk has added 2,349 jobs, to 3,788 in 2023.
| Fish Hawk | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 27% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $135,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Fish Hawk
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fish Hawk.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fish Hawk has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 50°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.2°.
Fish Hawk has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Fish Hawk is 50°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Fish Hawk | 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
Fish Hawk earns a D− for cost of living
At 7.5 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 87% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $6,247, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
80% of Fish Hawk households own their home.
| Fish Hawk | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,280 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fish Hawk
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fish Hawk
About 6 of every 100 Fish Hawk residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
21 miles of trails in Fish Hawk
33.1% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
About Fish Hawk
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Fish Hawk (or FishHawk) is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of Tampa, and includes a portion of the community of Lithia. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 24,625. The place name is derived from Little Fishhawk Creek, a tributary of the Alafia River that joins the Alafia just west of Lithia Springs.
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- Area
- 16 sq mi
- Elevation
- 62 ft
- Area code
- 813
Fish Hawk’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Fish Hawk.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Hawk | #328 | C | D− | — | C+ | A |
| Bloomingdale | #283 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Valrico | #386 | C | D | — | C+ | B+ |
| Riverview | #365 | C | D | — | C+ | A− |
Fish Hawk, Bloomingdale, Valrico and Riverview report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fish Hawk with a neighbor →
Questions about Fish Hawk
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fish Hawk, FL a good place to live?
Fish Hawk grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #328 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Fish Hawk, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $561,000, 49% 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−.