Best PlacesSeminole Heights, Tampa, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seminole Heights, 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.
Seminole Heights, Tampa ranks 2,887th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seminole Heights, 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.
Seminole Heights, Tampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seminole Heights, Tampa ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Seminole Heights, Tampa ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Seminole Heights, Tampa
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seminole Heights, Tampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,729, 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 Seminole Heights, Tampa's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Seminole Heights, Tampa
Seminole Heights, Tampa runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seminole Heights, Tampa.
Who works in Seminole Heights, Tampa, and how
Work in Seminole Heights, Tampa centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Seminole Heights, Tampa
Seminole Heights, Tampa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Seminole Heights, Tampa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seminole Heights, Tampa, month by month
Seminole Heights, 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 Seminole Heights, 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 Seminole Heights, Tampa
Schools across Seminole Heights, Tampa average a B−, better than 60% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% 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 Seminole Heights, Tampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seminole Heights, 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 Seminole Heights, Tampa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Seminole Heights, Tampa
Is Seminole Heights, Tampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seminole Heights, Tampa ranks 2,887th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seminole Heights, Tampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $391,673. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $77,729 median income, cost of living beats 61% of neighborhoods.
Is Seminole Heights, Tampa safe?
Seminole Heights, Tampa is safer than 40% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Seminole Heights, Tampa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seminole Heights, Tampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seminole Heights, 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.
Seminole Heights, Tampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seminole Heights, Tampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seminole Heights, Tampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seminole Heights, Tampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seminole Heights, Tampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seminole Heights, 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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