Best PlacesLive Oaks Square, Tampa, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Live Oaks Square, Tampa, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Live Oaks Square, Tampa ranks 5,571st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Live Oaks Square, Tampa
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.
Live Oaks Square, Tampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Live Oaks Square, Tampa ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Live Oaks Square, Tampa ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Live Oaks Square, Tampa
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Live Oaks Square, Tampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $44,040, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Live Oaks Square, Tampa's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Live Oaks Square, Tampa
Live Oaks Square, Tampa runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Live Oaks Square, Tampa.
Who works in Live Oaks Square, Tampa, and how
Work in Live Oaks Square, Tampa centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Live Oaks Square, Tampa
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Live Oaks Square, Tampa, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Live Oaks Square, Tampa, month by month
Live Oaks Square, Tampa sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| April | 86° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 87° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Live Oaks Square, Tampa
Tampa International sits about 7 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 Live Oaks Square, Tampa
Schools across Live Oaks Square, Tampa average a C+, better than 57% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jennings Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Sligh Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Middleton High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Carver Exceptional CenterD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Live Oaks Square, Tampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Live Oaks Square, Tampa 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 Live Oaks Square, Tampa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Live Oaks Square, Tampa
Is Live Oaks Square, Tampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Live Oaks Square, Tampa ranks 5,571st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Live Oaks Square, Tampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,055. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $44,040 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Live Oaks Square, Tampa safe?
Live Oaks Square, Tampa is safer than 13% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
Compare Live Oaks Square, Tampa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Live Oaks Square, Tampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Live Oaks Square, Tampa 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.
Live Oaks Square, Tampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Live Oaks Square, Tampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Live Oaks Square, Tampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Live Oaks Square, Tampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Live Oaks Square, Tampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Live Oaks Square, Tampa 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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