Best PlacesVirginia Park, Tampa, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Virginia Park, Tampa, 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.
Virginia Park, Tampa ranks 16th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Virginia Park, 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.
Virginia Park, Tampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Virginia Park, Tampa ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
Where Virginia Park, Tampa ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 33% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 44% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Virginia Park, Tampa
A household needs to earn about $207,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Virginia Park, Tampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $173,298, 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 Virginia Park, Tampa's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Virginia Park, Tampa
Virginia Park, Tampa's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Virginia Park, Tampa.
Who works in Virginia Park, Tampa, and how
Work in Virginia Park, Tampa centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Virginia Park, Tampa
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Virginia Park, Tampa, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Virginia Park, Tampa, month by month
Virginia Park, Tampa sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 55. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 62° | 55° |
| April | 85° | 75° | 67° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 87° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Virginia Park, Tampa
Tampa International sits about 4 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 Virginia Park, Tampa
Schools across Virginia Park, Tampa average an A, better than 97% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coleman Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
Top high schools
- Plant High SchoolA · 74% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Virginia Park, Tampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Virginia Park, 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 Virginia Park, Tampa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Virginia Park, Tampa
Is Virginia Park, Tampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Virginia Park, Tampa ranks 16th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, a strong job market, and good schools, and lowest on disaster risk and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Virginia Park, Tampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $785,059. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $173,298 median income, cost of living beats 96% of neighborhoods.
Is Virginia Park, Tampa safe?
Yes, Virginia Park, Tampa is safer than 89% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $160 per resident a year.
Compare Virginia Park, Tampa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Virginia Park, Tampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Virginia Park, 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.
Virginia Park, Tampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Virginia Park, Tampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Virginia Park, Tampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Virginia Park, Tampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Virginia Park, Tampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Virginia Park, 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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