Ridge Manor, Florida.
Typical home $246,779 (-0.2% in a year). Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$754 (+139%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $436 -0%
- $247,215$246,779 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $47,133 +24%
- $199,646$246,779 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Ridge Manor$1,295
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Ridge Manor, FL fell 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ridge Manor, Hernando County, Florida
Ridge Manor, in Hernando County, had 4,743 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $57,857 a year and half less, against $66,058 across Hernando County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Hernando County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hernando County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Ridge Manor is a small community in Hernando County, with a population that has stayed modest. Household incomes run below the county's, and a good share of residents live under the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than you might expect, and the daily drive to work tends to be a long one, with only a small number working from home. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in the building trades. Across Hernando County, some of the largest workplaces are Hernando Schools, HCA Florida OAK Hill Hospital and Walmart. Unemployment in the county has edged up from a year ago, and the number of jobs there has slipped slightly.
Things to do. The Withlacoochee State Trail runs in or beside town, and Cypress Lake Preserve is a protected area close by as well. A short drive away are Withlacoochee State Forest, a protected area, and the Pioneer Florida Museum and Village. Farther out, a longer drive takes you to Dade Battlefield Historic State Park.
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- 1,730households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 40 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Hernando County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hernando County had 50,575 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 70° and lows near 49°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 73°. About 53 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Saint Leo weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Hernando County
- Oak Hill Hospital1,700
- Tampa General Hospital1,102
- Walmart Distribution Center975
- Barrette Outdoor Living400
- Healthsouth350
- Cemex264
- HPH Hospice221
- Accuform Signs, Inc.209
From Hernando County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Hernando County Office of Business Development”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ridge Manor’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Hernando County and the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro.
Ridge Manor home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ridge Manor$246,779
- Florida$375,361
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Ridge Manor listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Ridge Manor18.99%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ridge Manor27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Ridge Manor address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ridge Manor — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.