West LealmanFL
With 14,944 residents, it is a town in Florida.
Is West Lealman a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Health is its weak spot: residents are less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. At C+ overall, West Lealman ranks 284th of 634 in Florida. Set against the rest, it does better than 37% of U.S. towns. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Its strongest subject is walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 94% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $169K for a typical one, 2.3 times the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Just over a third of residents are 65 or older locally, above both Florida’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes West Lealman stand out
Where West Lealman beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave West Lealman for work
Where West Lealman’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How West Lealman grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far West Lealman is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tropicana Field and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Lealman. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
21 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
20 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
8 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí Museum
25 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 West Lealman: who provides what
West 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 West Lealman.
West 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.
Top of a very high hazard risk in West Lealman: inland flooding
West Lealman has had 290 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. Three fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 20%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, West Lealman’s schools beat 58% of Florida districts
Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. The largest public high school is Dixie M. Hollins High School, with 1,934 students. The Pinellas school district runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 427 | B− |
| Dixie M. Hollins High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,934 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
West Lealman earns a C− for health
Against the 6,329 U.S. towns with household incomes like West Lealman’s, it is healthier than 51%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in West Lealman, 18% report frequent physical distress. The town does better than the Florida average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 15. 17% of adults in the town have diabetes; 42% have high blood pressure.
| West Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | West Lealman | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.4% | 78.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.8% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of West Lealman’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here fell from 5,045 in 2013 to 2,501.
Most people who work leave West Lealman to do it: just 2% work in town. The share of residents in West Lealman who live below the poverty line: 18%. Since 2013, West Lealman has lost 2,544 jobs, to 2,501 in 2023. The middle household income here is $52,000.
| West Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in West Lealman brings mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 52.3°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.5°.
West Lealman’s peak summer temperature is 91°F. It almost never snows. Snow is almost unheard of.
| West Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 52°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In West Lealman, 5.7% of the land is conserved
West Lealman has one park or preserve, 1 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sunhaven Lake Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in West Lealman sells for about $210K at the median
At 2.3 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 96% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,226, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical rent for West Lealman comes to $1,302 a month. On the market in the town: a median 81 days to sell. In West Lealman, the typical sale closed at 95% of the list price.
| West Lealman | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,302 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about West Lealman
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of West Lealman
About 3 of every 100 West Lealman residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About West Lealman
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
West Lealman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Lealman had a population of 16,438. Prior to 2010, West Lealman was part of a larger CDP named West and East Lealman.
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- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 14 ft
- Area code
- 727
West Lealman’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with West Lealman.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lealman | #284 | C+ | B− | — | B | C− |
| Kenneth City | #276 | C+ | C | B | B | C |
| Pinellas Park | #433 | C− | C− | C− | B | C+ |
| St. Petersburg | #417 | C− | D | D | B | B+ |
| Seminole | #282 | C+ | C− | C+ | B | B+ |
| Bay Pines | #29 | A− | B | — | B | B+ |
West Lealman and Bay Pines report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare West Lealman with a neighbor →
Questions about West Lealman
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Lealman, FL a good place to live?
West Lealman grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #284 of 634 in Florida. It grades C− for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is West Lealman, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $169,000, 55% 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 B−.