KeystoneFL
A town of 25,858.
Is Keystone a good place to live?
The typical home is worth about $654K, 8.8 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Overall it grades C+, ranked 234th of 634 in Florida. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $161K. Keystone’s median household income is $161,000, above both Florida’s towns ($73,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). The biggest place to walk is Lake Dan Nature Preserve, 1,189 acres with 5.4 miles of trail. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns.
What makes Keystone stand out
Where Keystone beats most towns.
24 miles of trails in Keystone
20.4% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
How Keystone grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Keystone is from typical.
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Tropicana Field and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Keystone. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
13 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
13 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 Keystone: who provides what
Keystone 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 Keystone.
Keystone has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has less food insecurity than most of Florida, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, fewer of Keystone’s adults get no exercise outside work
Its widest gap with Florida is food insecurity: 7.7% of its 18,972 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.8% statewide. Against the 2,105 U.S. towns with household incomes like Keystone’s, it is healthier than 68%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
17% of Keystone adults get no exercise outside work. Keystone beats the Florida average on 21 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 8.7% of Keystone adults smoke cigarettes.
| Keystone | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 23% |
| What stands out | Keystone | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 16.8% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Keystone 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 Steinbrenner High School, with 2,396 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farnell Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,184 | A |
| Steinbrenner High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,396 | A− |
| Bryant Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 852 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Keystone has set aside 20.4% of its land for conservation
24 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Dan Nature Preserve | 5.4 mi | 1,189 |
| 2. Northwest Equestrian Park | 5.2 mi | 331 |
| 3. Brooker Creek Headwaters Nature Preserve | 4.5 mi | 1,123 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Keystone’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 4,609 in 2013 to 6,280. 32.1% of workers work from home, against 15.7% across Florida.
Most working residents leave Keystone for work: only 4% work in town. 32% of workers work from home in Keystone. Since 2013, Keystone has added 1,671 jobs, to 6,280 in 2023.
| Keystone | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 32% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Keystone has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 48.6°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.5°.
Keystone has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Keystone is 49°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Keystone | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 49°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Keystone, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 1988, 58 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Keystone.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For cost of living, Keystone earns a D
At 8.8 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 92% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $5,540, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Keystone’s median rent is $2,238 a month.
| Keystone | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,238 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 92% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Keystone
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Keystone
About 4 of every 100 Keystone residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
96% of working residents leave Keystone for work
Where Keystone’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Keystone
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Keystone is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The Keystone area was first settled in the middle 1800s by the W.M. Mobley Family who migrated from Savannah, Georgia. The region has evolved from citrus and farming into a rural retreat of many lake homes and ranches. As of the 2020 census, Keystone had a population of 25,211. The ZIP Codes encompassing the CDP area are 33556 and 33558.
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- Area
- 39 sq mi
- Elevation
- 39 ft
- Area code
- 813
Keystone’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Keystone.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone | #234 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A |
| Westchase | #144 | B− | D− | — | C+ | A+ |
| Citrus Park | #315 | C | D | — | C+ | B+ |
| Cheval | #230 | C+ | D− | — | C+ | A |
| East Lake | #266 | C+ | D− | — | B | A− |
| Northdale | #251 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Trinity | #226 | C+ | D− | — | B | A− |
| Odessa | #178 | B− | D | — | B | A |
Keystone, Westchase, Citrus Park, Cheval, East Lake, Northdale, Trinity and Odessa report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Keystone with a neighbor →
Questions about Keystone
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Keystone, FL a good place to live?
Keystone grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #234 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Keystone, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $654,000, 74% 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.