Central Florida community guides
One guide for each city and community: its county, 2025 property tax rates, CDD and association fees, short-term rental rules, school zones, utilities and drive times, with sources.
Orange County
Orlando
A city of 333,888 (2025 estimate) where half of the homes are in buildings of five or more units and the 2025 city millage is 6.6500.
Read the Orlando guide
Polk County
Davenport
A Polk County city of 18,110 (July 2025) whose mailing address also covers county land north along US-27 to Four Corners, where short-term rental is approved by subdivision.
Read the Davenport guide
Osceola County
ChampionsGate
A master-planned community at I-4 exit 58 with an Omni resort, 54 holes of golf and about 3,200 homes built since 2013, most with a Davenport address in ZIP 33896.
Read the ChampionsGate guide
Osceola County
Kissimmee
The Osceola County seat: 79,226 residents in the 2020 Census, a SunRail and Amtrak station downtown, and a 2025 city tax rate of 17.4114 mills.
Read the Kissimmee guide
Lake County
Clermont
A Lake County city of 52,812 on Lake Minneola, with a median home build year of 2006 and a 2025 city tax rate of 16.6766 mills.
Read the Clermont guide
Orange County
Winter Garden
A city of 48,063 (2025 estimate) on Lake Apopka, with a median home build year of 2004 and a 2025 city millage of 4.8565.
Read the Winter Garden guide
Orange County
Windermere
A town of 3,344 (2025 estimate) on the Butler Chain of Lakes, where 98 percent of homes are single-family houses and the 2025 town millage is 3.7425.
Read the Windermere guide
Lake County
Groveland
A Lake County city of 25,526 where SR-50, SR-19 and SR-33 meet, with 83 percent of its homes built in 2000 or later and a 2025 tax rate of 17.7866 mills.
Read the Groveland guide
Marion County
Ocala
The Marion County seat, a city of 71,753 on I-75 about 79 miles from downtown Orlando, with a median home build year of 1984.
Read the Ocala guide
Polk County
Polk City
A town of 3,082 (July 2025) on State Road 33 north of Lakeland, surrounded by the state's Green Swamp Area of Critical State Concern.
Read the Polk City guide
Polk County
Haines City
A Polk County city of 45,973 (July 2025) on US-27, with a median home built in 2003 and short-term rental limited to four named areas.
Read the Haines City guide
Osceola County
Celebration
An unincorporated planned community of 11,178 people (2020 Census), with homes built from 1996, a one-year minimum lease and a district assessment on every tax bill.
Read the Celebration guide
Polk County
Lake Wales
A Polk County city of 18,650 (July 2025) founded in 1911, with a median home built in 1991 and Bok Tower Gardens three miles north.
Read the Lake Wales guide
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