Hill 'n DaleFL
A town of 3,083.
Is Hill 'n Dale a good place to live?
Hill 'n Dale gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $185K, 2.5 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. It grades C overall, 348th among Florida's 634 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 72% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 75% of the country. Only 38 of Florida’s 776 towns score lower on walkability.
Hill 'n Dale has grown 14% from 2010 to 2020
1,934 counted in 2010 and 2,212 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Hill 'n Dale grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Hill 'n Dale is from typical.
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Moving to Hill 'n Dale: who provides what
Hill 'n Dale is unincorporated, so Hernando 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 Hill 'n Dale.
Hill 'n Dale trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Hill 'n Dale earns a C− for health
Against the 8,174 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hill 'n Dale’s, it is less healthy than 58%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
22% of adults worry about having enough food in Hill 'n Dale, where Florida’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 14%. 19% of adults report frequent mental distress in Hill 'n Dale. Hill 'n Dale beats the Florida average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Hill 'n Dale | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 32% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Hill 'n Dale | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.4% | 8.6% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 12% | 9.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 22.1% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Hill 'n Dale
Hill 'n Dale has 117 jobs for its 915 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.4 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Most working residents leave Hill 'n Dale for work: only 2% work in town. Hill 'n Dale’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the Florida town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Hill 'n Dale has added 47 jobs, to 117 in 2023.
| Hill 'n Dale | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hill 'n Dale faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Hill 'n Dale
The Brooksville Chin Hill weather station, 8 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 329 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. January nights average 46.7°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.8°.
Hill 'n Dale has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Hill 'n Dale is 47°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Hill 'n Dale | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 47°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hill 'n Dale earns an A− for cost of living
Homes are within reach (A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 32 miles. At 2.5 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 94% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
80% of Hill 'n Dale households own their home.
| Hill 'n Dale | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,373 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Raymond James Stadium and 26 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hill 'n Dale. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
34 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
32 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
17 mi State parkWeeki Wachee Springs
35 mi MountainSugarloaf Mountain
38 mi MuseumFantasy of FlightPhoto credits
Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Yuengling Center: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · Weeki Wachee Springs: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sugarloaf Mountain: Lithium6ion at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Fantasy of Flight: Valder137, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Hill 'n Dale
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hill 'n Dale
About 5 of every 100 Hill 'n Dale residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
98% of working residents leave Hill 'n Dale for work
Where Hill 'n Dale’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Hill 'n Dale
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Hill 'n Dale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hill 'n Dale had a population of 2,212.
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- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 108 ft
- Area code
- 352
Questions about Hill 'n Dale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hill 'n Dale, FL a good place to live?
Hill 'n Dale grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #348 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Hill 'n Dale, FL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $185,000, 51% 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 A−.