Progress VillageFL
Population 10,450: a town in Florida.
Is Progress Village a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $287K, 3.9 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Overall, Progress Village earns a C+, better than 38% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 271st of 634 in Florida. Health is its strong suit (A) — residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It is strong on incomes as well (B+): the median household earns $89K. Nearly one in ten residents are 65 or older here, against 20% in Florida’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and C+ for walkability.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · schools, state test and graduation results.
Progress Village has grown 108% from 2010 to 2020
5,392 counted in 2010 and 11,188 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Progress Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Progress Village is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tropicana Field and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Progress Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
11 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa4.0M visitors a year
34 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
12 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 Progress Village: who provides what
Progress Village 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 Progress Village.
Progress Village has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, has less heart disease than most of Florida and has more than doubled its jobs in ten years.
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, fewer of Progress Village’s adults report frequent physical distress
Its widest gap with Florida is heart disease: 3.9% of its 8,487 adults have heart disease, against 7.5% statewide. Its A for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Riverview (A−) comes closest.
CDC measures, 31 in all: Progress Village beats Florida on 14 and trails on 3. 15% of adults say their health is fair or poor locally. In Progress Village, just over two in five adults sleep under 7 hours, and 16% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Progress Village | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Progress Village | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.9% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.9% | 7.2% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.5% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Progress Village fall behind 57% of Florida districts
The largest public high school is Spoto High School, with 1,933 students. Public schools: the Hillsborough school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Village Middle MagnetLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 849 | B |
| Spoto High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,933 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most of Progress Village’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.5 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 1,282 in 2013 to 2,586. 23.8% of workers work from home, against 15.7% across Florida.
The share of residents in Progress Village who live below the poverty line: 7.4%. For most workers, Progress Village is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 1,304, to 2,586. The top destinations are Tampa (34%), East Lake-Orient Park (8%) and Brandon (6%).
| Progress Village | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Progress Village
January nights average 51.4°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.7°.
Snow is almost unheard of. The town’s January low is 51°F.
| Progress Village | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 51°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Progress Village is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Flood insurance has paid out on 128 claims in Progress Village since 1982. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage locally than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Progress Village after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 33% come from inland flooding and 30% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Progress Village keeps 4.3% of its land conserved
One park or preserve covers 18 acres in Progress Village.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Progress Village Park | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Progress Village sell for about $320K
Nearly two thirds of Progress Village households own their home. For Progress Village, the going rate for rent is $2,021 a month. Also worth knowing: homes sold in Progress Village spent a median 52 days on the market.
| Progress Village | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,021 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Progress Village
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Progress Village
About 7 of every 100 Progress Village residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
98% of working residents leave Progress Village for work
Where Progress Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Progress Village
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Progress Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,188.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Area code
- 813
Progress Village’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Progress Village.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Riverview (C) comes closest.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Village | #271 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A |
| Palm River-Clair Mel | #450 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C |
| Riverview | #365 | C | D | — | C+ | A− |
| Gibsonton | #518 | D | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
Progress Village, Palm River-Clair Mel, Riverview and Gibsonton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Progress Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Progress Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Progress Village, FL a good place to live?
Progress Village grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #271 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Progress Village, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $287,000, 24% 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 D.