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Home to ATA Career Education.
For a city of 119,983, Spring Hill does unevenly: it grades C−, ranked 454th of 634 in Florida. The trade-off: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 72% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Spring Hill is home to ATA Career Education. Spring Hill’s January low is 47°F, below Florida’s towns (51°F) but above U.S. towns (22°F). Spring Hill has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Weeki Wachee Springs and Sinclair Service Station.
Where Spring Hill beats most towns.
98,621 counted in 2010 and 113,568 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Spring Hill is from typical.
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Census counts: 6,468 in 1980, 113,568 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Spring Hill 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Spring Hill.
Spring Hill has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, has home values still below their peak and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Jobs based here grew from 15,656 in 2013 to 21,464.
Most working residents leave Spring Hill for work: only 15% work in town. Since 2013, Spring Hill has added 5,808 jobs, to 21,464 in 2023. The average trip to work in Spring Hill is 30 minutes.
| Spring Hill | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 14% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Hernando school district. Three of its 23 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer K-8Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 1,544 | C+ |
| Frank W. Springstead High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,853 | B |
| Challenger K-8 School of Science and MathTop results in townGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 1,456 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Since 1998, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Spring Hill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Spring Hill beats the Florida average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 13% of adults binge drink in Spring Hill.
| Spring Hill | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Spring Hill | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.2% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Brooksville Chin Hill weather station, 14 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 329 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. The Brooksville Chin Hill weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 89 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Spring Hill has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Spring Hill’s July high is 91°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical value, about $303K, is 8% below its September 2022 peak.
The typical Spring Hill home is worth about $303,000, down 1.9% in a year, 19% below the Florida typical home. 80% of Spring Hill households own their home.
| Spring Hill | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,440 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 57% | 59% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
14 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, 306 acres with 5.1 miles of trail.
| Spring Hill | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area | 5.1 mi | 306 |
| 2. Veterans Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 20 |
| 3. Amity Trails Park | 0.5 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Hill
About 4 of every 100 Spring Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Census-designated place in Hernando County Florida, United States
Spring Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, in the United States of America. The community is unincorporated. The population was 113,568 at the 2020 census, up from 98,621 at the 2010 census. Spring Hill belongs to Florida's Nature Coast region and is in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. It is east of Hernando Beach, southwest of Brooksville, and north of Tampa.
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6 towns share a border with Spring Hill.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | #454 | C− | C | — | B− | C |
| Timber Pines | #456 | C− | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| South Brooksville | #444 | C− | B− | — | B− | C |
| Masaryktown | — | — | B− | — | B− | B− |
| High Point | #195 | B− | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Shady Hills | #244 | C+ | A− | — | B | C |
| Brookridge | #237 | C+ | A | — | B− | C+ |
Masaryktown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Spring Hill, Timber Pines, South Brooksville, Masaryktown, High Point, Shady Hills and Brookridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Spring Hill with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Spring Hill grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #454 of 634 in Florida. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($74,392 across the Tampa-St. 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 C.
2 notable people were born here, including Huey Whittaker and Kyle Swanston.
