Hill 'n DaleFL
Home to 3,083 people, this town lies in Florida.
Is Hill 'n Dale a good place to live?
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. The weak point is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Health is weaker too — CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 75% of the country. Where it does best is cost of living (A−): a typical home costs about $185K, 2.5 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a C overall, ranking 348th of 634 in Florida. On that grade it does better than 31% of U.S. towns. Only 2 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · USGS PAD-US.
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 that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Hill 'n Dale, 22% worry about having enough food. In Hill 'n Dale, nearly a fifth of adults report frequent mental distress, where Florida’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 17%.
| 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
For most of its workers, the job is outside 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.
1.9% of working residents work locally in Hill 'n Dale. Its average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the Florida town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Also worth knowing: between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 47, to 117. The top destinations are Brooksville (10%), Tampa (8%) and Spring Hill (7%).
| 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
The biggest natural risk in Hill 'n Dale is hurricanes, at a high overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in Hill 'n Dale, 40% come from hurricanes and 25% from inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hill 'n Dale: mild winters and hot summers
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°.
In Hill 'n Dale, the midsummer high is 91°F. Snow is a rarity.
| 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
Homes in Hill 'n Dale sell for about $240K
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.
The typical rent for Hill 'n Dale comes to $1,373 a month. The share of households in Hill 'n Dale who live in a home they own: 80%.
| 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 Tampa3.8M 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. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.