Are Your Familiar with Pasco County, Florida

How familiar are you with Pasco County, the county just north of Tampa, Florida?

Pasco County stretches across the northern edges of Pinellas County (the home of Clearwater and St. Petersburg) and Hillsborough County, (the home of Tampa) between those two counties and Hernando County to its north. Pasco County has a land area of approximately 745 square miles. The county is a high-growth area having grown as as the suburbs of Tampa Bay spread northward. Pasco County includes over twenty-five golf courses, three State of Florida designated canoe trails and enormous areas set aside for outdoor recreation.

Mostly residential, the Pasco County lifestyle puts you within an easy commute of all that the Tampa Bay has to offer including Busch Gardens, the Florida Aquarium, the Lowry Park Zoo, historic Ybor City, the Straz Performing Arts Center and countless museums and galleries in Hillsborough and Pinellas County, but without the traffic and congestion generated by the crowds of tourists attracted to those cities during the “snowbird” season.

The county seat of Pasco County is Dade City. Other cities and towns within Pasco County include Holiday, Land O’Lakes, Lutz, New Port Richey, Odessa, Port Richey, Trinity, Wesley Chapel and Zephyrhills. Getting around the county is convenient due to Interstate I-75 and the Suncoast Parkway running north to south providimg easy commuting to the Tampa International Airport, downtown Tampa and MacDill Air Force base. Crossing the county from east to west are recently expanded roadways including State Roads 52, 54 and 56.

Many builders offer new homes in Pasco County. New construction homes start in the low $100’s although larger and more luxurious homes in gated golf and waterfront communities are available in price ranges up to $850,000 ,to $900,000 and more. Existing home sales cover the entire price range depending on their size, location and amenities provided.

High quality education is offered at Pasco County’s 48 elementary schools, 16 middle schools and 18 high school and education centers. Visit the Pasco County Schools website for more information. Post-secondary education is also readily available through nearby Pasco Hernando County Community College and Hillsborough Community College. University-level studies are available at the University of South Florida in northeastern Tampa and the University of Tampa as well as several vocational and-technical schools. Further information on this most attractive place to find your new home is available on the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners website.

Think of Pasco County as having all the desirable traits and amenities of Tampa Bay in a more affordable and more relaxed atmosphere.

I would be delighted to introduce you to Pasco County and its many attractive communities; one of which is bound to fit you and your family’s need and desires perfectly. Call me at (813) 263-6806, E-Mail Me with your questions or visit my Tampa Bay real estate website to review profiles of several of my favorite Hillsborough and Pasco County communities.