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Cheval, 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 Cheval, Hillsborough County, Florida

Cheval, in Hillsborough County, had 12,522 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $101,907 a year and half less, against $79,540 across Hillsborough County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. 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 residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 12,522 in the 2020 census; median age 39.6
Household income $101,907 the median, give or take $10,542 · Hillsborough County: $79,540
Unemployment 4.6% Hillsborough County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 59% lived in by their owners; 41% rented
  • 5,232households
  • 55%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 28 mintypical commute
  • 27%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Professional and business services21%
  • Banks, insurance and property15%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Building trades6%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment6%

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, 71° and 53°; warmest in August, 91° and 77° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 53° F M A M J J A 91° 77° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 53°; warmest in August, 91° and 77° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 53° F M A M J J A 91° 77° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 71° and lows near 53°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 77°. About 49 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tampa International Airport weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Cheval

  1. ST. Joseph's Hospital North (5101)1,169
  2. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores182
  3. Kohl's77

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,428 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. TornadoesRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Cheval’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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.