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Housing in St. Leo

A typical St. Leo home is worth roughly $521,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$521K
FL $376K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,420
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,875
FL $2,730

What kind of housing town is St. Leo?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 5.4 years of income

More than across Florida (5 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$393,000
Typical St. Leo home $521K

That’s $128K short of a typical St. Leo home.

The typical home, each month
$2,970
Loan $2,580Tax $240Insurance $150

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,420 a month here, $1,550 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, St. Leo’s typical property tax (0.55% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

93% of St. Leo households own their home

Half of St. Leo’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Florida: 68% own.

1983
typical home built · FL 1988
$2,875
median property tax bill · FL $2,730
0.55%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · FL 0.76%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,420

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,140
1 bedroom$1,220
2 bedrooms$1,420
3 bedrooms$1,820
4 bedrooms$2,210
7%
of households rent · FL 32%
3
renter households
0%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · FL 60%
18%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in St. Leo in 2025. The last year with any was 2020 (1 new home).

Single-family
051015 200320052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
2
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+1,022
New homes+8

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, St. Leo gained 1,022 residents while 8 new homes were permitted: about 128 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Florida: 2.8 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020110$280,000
2019000—
2018000—
2017110$200,000
2016000—
2015000—
2014110$200,000
2013330$1.3 million
2012220$301,000
2011000—
2010110$1.5 million
2009220$975,000
2008000—
2007000—
200612120$5.9 million
2005990$1.3 million
2004660$999,000
2003660$2.6 million

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

St. Leo vs. its neighbors

St. Leo is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
St. Leo$521K*—$1,4200$96,389
Pasadena Hills$339K*−3%†$1,890—$84,821
San Antonio$343K−3.3%$1,4203$94,342

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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