Is Zephyrhills South a good place to live?
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Its strongest subject is cost of living: a typical home costs about $50K, less than a year of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income. Overall, Zephyrhills South earns a B: better than 58% of U.S. towns, and 96th of 634 in Florida. It is strong on walkability as well — it is more walkable than just over four fifths of U.S. towns. What holds it back is incomes: the median household income is $42K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 76% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 47% of residents are 65 or older here, against 20% in Florida’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
How Zephyrhills South grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Zephyrhills South is from typical.
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What makes Zephyrhills South stand out
Where Zephyrhills South beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Zephyrhills South for work
Where Zephyrhills South’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Zephyrhills South.
Zephyrhills South trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is a second-home town and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Most working residents commute out of Zephyrhills South
Zephyrhills South has 220 jobs for its 2,111 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.6% of Zephyrhills South working residents work locally. Since 2013, Zephyrhills South has added 20 jobs, to 220 in 2023. The top destinations are Tampa (16%), Zephyrhills (8%) and Lakeland (5%).
| Zephyrhills South | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $42,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Zephyrhills South: inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Zephyrhills South once, in 2017. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 48% come from inland flooding and 35% from hurricanes. Flood insurance has paid out on 12 claims in the town since 1985.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zephyrhills South is less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
Against the 3,173 U.S. towns with household incomes like Zephyrhills South’s, it is healthier than 80%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Zephyrhills South does better than the Florida average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 14. In Zephyrhills South, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% have diabetes, 18% report frequent physical distress.
| Zephyrhills South | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Zephyrhills South | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.7% | 13.9% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.9% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.5% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zephyrhills South has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 48°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91°.
Snow is a rarity. About 53 inches of rain and snow fall on Zephyrhills South in a normal year.
| Zephyrhills South | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 48°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Zephyrhills South sells for about $209K at the median
Homes are within reach (A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 22 miles. At 0.7 years of the Tampa metro’s $74K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in any other Florida town; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living.
Zephyrhills South’s midpoint rent is put at $926 a month. For households locally, the share who are owner-occupiers is 88%.
| Zephyrhills South | Typical Florida town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $926 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 Zephyrhills South
Raymond James Stadium and 44 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Zephyrhills South. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaRaymond James Stadium
25 mi Stadium & arenaBenchmark International Arena
19 mi Theme parkBusch Gardens Tampa3.8M visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaYuengling Center
34 mi Theme parkLegoland Florida
34 mi Theme parkCypress GardensPhoto credits
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 · Legoland Florida: Jacob Montgomery, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cypress Gardens: Bruchey at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to Zephyrhills South: who provides what
Zephyrhills South is unincorporated, so Pasco 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.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Zephyrhills South
About 2 of every 100 Zephyrhills South residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Zephyrhills South
CDP in Florida, United States
Zephyrhills South is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Zephyrhills South had a population of 4,985.
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- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
Zephyrhills South’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Zephyrhills South.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zephyrhills South | #96 | B | A | — | B | C |
| Zephyrhills | #317 | C | B− | — | B | C |
| Zephyrhills West | #48 | B+ | A | — | B | C+ |
Zephyrhills South, Zephyrhills and Zephyrhills West report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Zephyrhills South with a neighbor →
Questions about Zephyrhills South
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Zephyrhills South, FL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Zephyrhills South grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #96 of 634 in Florida. It grades C for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Zephyrhills South, FL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $50,000, 87% below the Florida typical home. That is 0.7 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 A.
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