Best PlacesLowry Park Central, Tampa, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lowry Park Central, 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.
Lowry Park Central, Tampa ranks 4,690th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Lowry Park Central, 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.
Lowry Park Central, Tampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lowry Park Central, Tampa ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Lowry Park Central, Tampa ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Short commute29.1 minutes each way, better than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Lowry Park Central, Tampa
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lowry Park Central, Tampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $57,311; 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 Lowry Park Central, Tampa's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Lowry Park Central, Tampa
Lowry Park Central, Tampa runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lowry Park Central, Tampa.
Who works in Lowry Park Central, Tampa, and how
Work in Lowry Park Central, Tampa centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lowry Park Central, Tampa
Lowry Park Central, Tampa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 12 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lowry Park Central, Tampa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lowry Park Central, Tampa, month by month
Lowry Park Central, Tampa sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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° | 62° | 52° |
| April | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Lowry Park Central, Tampa
Tampa International sits about 5 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 Lowry Park Central, Tampa
Schools across Lowry Park Central, Tampa average a C+, better than 52% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Twin Lakes Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Memorial Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Adams Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsborough High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Chamberlain High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lowry Park Central, Tampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lowry Park Central, 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 Lowry Park Central, Tampa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Lowry Park Central, Tampa
Is Lowry Park Central, Tampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lowry Park Central, Tampa ranks 4,690th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lowry Park Central, Tampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $250,393. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $57,311 median income, cost of living beats 24% of neighborhoods.
Is Lowry Park Central, Tampa safe?
Lowry Park Central, Tampa is safer than 30% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 per resident a year.
Compare Lowry Park Central, Tampa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lowry Park Central, Tampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lowry Park Central, 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.
Lowry Park Central, Tampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lowry Park Central, Tampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lowry Park Central, Tampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lowry Park Central, Tampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lowry Park Central, Tampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lowry Park Central, 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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