Best PlacesYbor City, Tampa, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ybor City, 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.
Ybor City, Tampa ranks 5,308th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ybor City, 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.
Ybor City, Tampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ybor City, Tampa ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Ybor City, Tampa ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Household income$31,604 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Ybor City, Tampa
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ybor City, Tampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $31,604, 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 Ybor City, Tampa's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Ybor City, Tampa
Ybor City, Tampa runs older 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 Ybor City, Tampa.
Who works in Ybor City, Tampa, and how
Work in Ybor City, Tampa centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Ybor City, Tampa
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ybor City, Tampa, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ybor City, Tampa, month by month
Ybor City, Tampa sees roughly 126 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 Ybor City, 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 Ybor City, Tampa
Schools across Ybor City, Tampa average a B, better than 70% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Patricia Sullivan Metropolitan Ministries Partnership SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stewart Middle Magnet SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Mclane Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillsborough High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Middleton High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ybor City, Tampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ybor City, 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 Ybor City, Tampa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Ybor City, Tampa
Is Ybor City, Tampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ybor City, Tampa ranks 5,308th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and biking, and lowest on summer heat and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ybor City, Tampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,073. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $31,604 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Ybor City, Tampa safe?
Ybor City, Tampa is safer than 8% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $583 per resident a year.
Compare Ybor City, Tampa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ybor City, Tampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ybor City, 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.
Ybor City, Tampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ybor City, Tampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ybor City, Tampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ybor City, Tampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ybor City, Tampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ybor City, 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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