Homestead Florida Map

About Homestead, Florida

Homestead is a locality in Hills County, Florida, United States. It has a population of 80,737. The population density is 2066.6 people per km². Homestead is located at 25.4663°N, 80.4430°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Homestead is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 33030, 33605, 33035.

Homestead sprawls across a flat, humid expanse where the heavy, subtropical air clings to the skin like a damp linen sheet. It lies 2.0 miles north-northeast of Tampa, FL (from Tampa, FL: bearing 17°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-southeast of Town 'n' Country. The horizon remains stubbornly level, defined by dense thickets of palmetto scrub and the encroaching shadows of cypress, while the nearby waters of Tampa Bay exert a subtle, saline pressure on the atmosphere. Only a mile away, the Hillsborough River marks a sluggish boundary, its tea-colored currents moving toward the coast with a deliberation that mirrors the slow, rhythmic crawl of the afternoon heat. Borrell Park serves as a quiet anchor for the local landscape, offering a patch of green where the light at dusk turns a bruised, electric violet, casting long, melancholy silhouettes across the grass.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Homestead, a legacy of sun-baked fields that once pushed back against the wild, tangled edges of the wilderness. The economy shifts between the seasonal labor of the groves and the quiet, industrious hum of residents who move through their days with the patient endurance of those accustomed to the lightning-heavy skies. While the distant silhouette of Big Cockroach Mound provides the only real break in the monotony of the terrain, life here is measured by the proximity to the coast and the memory of the land’s transformation. Those who navigate the nearby Blake Trail find a landscape that feels suspended between the encroaching sprawl of development and the stubborn, primordial persistence of the swamp, creating a place where the modern world feels perpetually thin and porous.

About This Homestead Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Homestead, Florida. Coordinates: 25.466326, -80.443046. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Homestead includes the ZIP code (33030, 33605, 33035), telephone area code (407, 321, 305, 786), county seat of Hills County, and school district assignment (Dade County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.