LealmanFL
A town of 20,567, settled in 1889.
Is Lealman a good place to live?
Lealman is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 391st among Florida's 634 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 58% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 82% of the country. A typical home there costs about $196K, 2.6 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Lealman’s January low is 51°F, near the Florida town median (51°F) and above the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Lealman is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 83% of U.S. towns.
What makes Lealman stand out
Where Lealman beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Lealman for work
Where Lealman’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lealman grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Lealman is from typical.
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Tropicana Field and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lealman. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
21 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
17 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
5 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí Museum
22 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Lealman: who provides what
Lealman 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 Lealman.
Lealman is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
Lealman’s grade for health is a C−
Against the 4,124 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lealman’s, it is healthier than 55%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income. All 3 graded neighbors score healthier than its C−, from Kenneth City (C) to St. Petersburg (B+).
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Lealman. Lealman beats the Florida average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Lealman.
| Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lealman | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 7.2% |
| More smokers | 18% | 12.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.2% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lealman’s grade for schools is a B
Its public schools are run by the Pinellas school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Lealman Innovation Academy, with 307 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lealman Avenue Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 371 | C− |
| Lealman Innovation AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 5–12 | Grades 5–12 | 307 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most of Lealman’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Lealman for work: only 3% work in town. The median household income in Lealman is $45,000. Jobs based in Lealman grew to 6,847 in 2023, 649 more than in 2013.
| Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $45,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.9% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lealman faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 61 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lealman.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Lealman, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 50.9°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.5°.
Lealman has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Lealman’s July high is 91°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lealman has set aside 1.1% of its land for conservation
0.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lealman Community Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Lealman sells for about $250K at the median
At 2.6 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 93% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living.
63% of Lealman households own their home.
| Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,247 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lealman
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Lealman
About 4 of every 100 Lealman residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Lealman
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Lealman, known as East Lealman until 2010, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lealman had a population of 21,189. Prior to 2010, Lealman was part of a larger CDP named West and East Lealman. In 2015, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners created the Lealman Community Redevelopment Area (CRA), the first redevelopment area in unincorporated Pinellas County.
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- Area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 49 ft
- Area code
- 727
Lealman’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Lealman.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lealman | #391 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
| Pinellas Park | #433 | C− | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| St. Petersburg | #417 | C− | D | D | B | B+ |
| Kenneth City | #276 | C+ | C | B | B | C |
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Questions about Lealman
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lealman, FL a good place to live?
Lealman grades C overall, better than 27% of U.S. towns and #391 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Lealman, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $196,000, 48% 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 B−.