Seminole Elementary School

It's a solid choice for families who want good schools and proximity to the Gulf beaches without leaving Pinellas County. The area feeds into Osceola Middle School and the Career Academies of Seminole, and you're about 35 minutes from Tampa International Airport when you need to travel.

Not by Florida coastal standards — the median list price is $220,000, and there's inventory well below that starting around $50,000. That said, larger and waterfront homes push the range up to nearly $2.7 million, so your budget goes a long way or stretches depending on what you want.

Active listings run a median of $220,000, while homes that actually sold over the past 12 months closed at a median of $350,000 — a reflection of larger single-family homes trading alongside smaller condos. The average price works out to about $226 per square foot on a median home size near 980 square feet. You can see current options on the live map.

It's steady and reasonably balanced. With 285 homes sold in the last 12 months, a median of 35 days on market, and sellers getting about 96% of asking, buyers have room to negotiate without the pressure of a runaway market.

The median property tax here is about $1,800 a year, which is very manageable. HOA fees vary widely by community — the median is $571 a month, so check the specifics on any condo or gated listing, of which there are currently 8 in the zone.