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Balm, Florida.

A community in Hillsborough County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Hillsborough County’s.

Living in Balm, Hillsborough County, Florida

Balm, in Hillsborough County, had 6,541 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Hillsborough County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hillsborough County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 6,541 in the 2020 census; median age 32.6
Household income Too few homes in Balm for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.6% Hillsborough County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Balm for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,944households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 37 mintypical commute
  • 16%work from home

What people in Hillsborough County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Banks, insurance and property11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hillsborough County had 795,729 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 51°; warmest in August, 91° and 74° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 51° F M A M J J A 91° 74° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 51°; warmest in August, 91° and 74° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 51° F M A M J J A 91° 74° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 51°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 74°. About 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tampa Bay Area Weather Office weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Hillsborough County

  1. Publix47,166
  2. Baycare Health System33,631
  3. Hillsborough County School District23,000
  4. HCA West Florida Division21,000
  5. MacDill Air Force Base16,800
  6. University of South Florida16,280
  7. Tampa General Hospital12,409
  8. AdventHealth West Florida Division12,000

From Hillsborough County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission (Book of Lists)”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesVery high
  2. HurricanesVery high
  3. TornadoesVery high
  4. LightningVery high
  5. Inland floodingRelatively high
  6. WildfireRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Balm’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hillsborough County.