City safety & data profile

ChevalFL

Cheval, FL is a 11K-resident city in Hillsborough County with a median household income of $101,907.

Hillsborough County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cheval, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cheval has a population larger than 4% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $525,700.

Data updated 2026-09-05

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 5%
By size
$101,907
Median income (place)
$525,700
Median home (place)
4.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Cheval

Cheval posts a median household income higher than 71% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 29%
by median income, US cities

Where Cheval income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$101,907 Top 29% higher than 71% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Cheval $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Cheval, FL beyond the headline numbers

Cheval sits inside Hillsborough County, Florida, at roughly 28.15°N, -82.51°W. Population 10,702, $101,907 median household income. Median home value $525,700, median rent $1,442. Poverty rate 4.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.6% of Cheval, FL residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Cheval runs about 5.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

26.7% of Cheval workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 9% in Cheval, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Cheval workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cheval from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,702
Cheval · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$101,907
+14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$525,700
+27% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hillsborough County): Cheval's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.5M+21%
Median Income
$79,540+60%
Median Home Value
$371,500+132%
Poverty Rate
12.7%-24%
Unemployment
4.5%-59%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cheval, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,442/mo
Poverty Rate
4.6% -63% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 55.3%
Work From Home 26.7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 58.8%
African American 5.9%
Asian 11.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
36.3%
High Blood Pressure
31.6%
Obesity
27.8%
Physical Inactivity
18.3%
Binge Drinking
17%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.1%
Diabetes
10.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.2%
Current Smoking
9.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.9%
Annual Checkup 77.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
2.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Cheval?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cheval right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-CHEVAL · Cheval

Cheval: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cheval; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Cheval, FL?
Cheval, FL has a population of 10,702 people, located in Hillsborough County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Cheval?
The median household income in Cheval, FL is $101,907 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.6%.
What is the median home value in Cheval?
The median home value in Cheval, FL is $525,700. Median rent is $1,442/month.
What are the top health concerns in Cheval?
The top health indicators in Cheval include Short Sleep Duration (36.3%), High Blood Pressure (31.6%), Obesity (27.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Cheval?
The median age in Cheval, FL is 39.6 years. 55.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cheval, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (4.6% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($101,907 here).

Compare Cheval with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Cheval's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cheval area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Cheval against Florida peers on any ranking lens. Explore Florida

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hillsborough County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.