Best PlacesFish Hawk, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fish Hawk, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fish Hawk ranks 595th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fish Hawk
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fish Hawk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fish Hawk ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Fish Hawk ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute38.7 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fish Hawk
A household needs to earn about $152,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fish Hawk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $136,061; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fish Hawk's effective rate of 1.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fish Hawk
Fish Hawk runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fish Hawk.
Who works in Fish Hawk, and how
Work in Fish Hawk centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fish Hawk
Fish Hawk has more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 24 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Fish Hawk and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fish Hawk, month by month
Fish Hawk sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 60° | 52° |
| April | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Fish Hawk
Tampa International sits about 21 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.1 million passengers in 2025, with 135 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fish Hawk
Schools across Fish Hawk average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bevis Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Fishhawk Creek Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Stowers Elementary SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
Top middle schools
- Randall Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Barrington Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Burns Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Newsome High SchoolA · 74% proficient
- Bloomingdale High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fish Hawk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fish Hawk measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fish Hawk against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Fish Hawk suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fish Hawk
Is Fish Hawk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fish Hawk ranks 595th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fish Hawk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $558,643. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $136,061 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Fish Hawk safe?
Yes, Fish Hawk is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $87 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fish Hawk?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 73 with lows near 52. That works out to about 121 pleasant days a year, more than 81% of towns.
Is Fish Hawk good for families?
Schools beat 93% of towns, crime safety beats 98%, and childcare runs $973 a month.
Compare Fish Hawk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fish Hawk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fish Hawk represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fish Hawk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fish Hawk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fish Hawk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fish Hawk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fish Hawk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fish Hawk detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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