Living in Bay Hill, FL
Bay Hill is a small town of 4,512 people in Orange County, Florida. It's about 16 miles from Orlando, FL. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 71°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $786k and rent runs about $2k a month.
4,512people
$786kTypical home
$2,321/moRent
93° / 71°Summer / winter
0"Snow
278Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,512
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,899 people per sq mi
- 16 mi to Orlando, FL
- 16 mi to Orlando, FL
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $786k (≈$4,959/mo)
- Median rent $2,321/mo
- Median household income $128k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 71°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 278 sunny days a year (106 totally clear)
- 87 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (289 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,043 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 34% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 63% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to MCO airport
- 13 mi to MCO (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 118 ft
- 44 mi to the ocean
- 9 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 132 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,102 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 149 bars within 25 mi
- 573 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 15 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 33 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 42% of Florida districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Orange County: D+14 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk