Is Brooksville, FL a good place to live?
Data as of November 7, 2026. Figures are aggregates from licensed MLS records, IRS migration files, Zillow indexes, Census income and population, and Citizens Property Insurance; sources are named where they appear.
The short answer, by the numbers
Brooksville homes sold for a median of $299,000 over the last 12 months, -0.3% year over year. Homes take about 68 days to sell and the city holds 5.4 months of supply, which reads as a balanced market. Owning the median home runs about $1,956 a month with taxes and insurance, against a median household income near $66,058 (30.1% of income). Prices sit at 4.6 times local income, a stretch by the usual four-times-income yardstick.
What it costs to live in Brooksville
| Median sale price (12 months) | $299,000 |
| Price per square foot | $164/sq ft |
| Typical monthly cost to own the median home | $1,956 (principal, interest, taxes, insurance) |
| Median household income | $66,058 |
| Price-to-income ratio | 4.6x |
| Share of income to own the median home | 30.1% |
| Median property tax bill | $1,858/yr |
| Typical rent (county, Zillow ZORI) | $1,809/mo |
| Citizens Property Insurance average premium (county) | $1,699/yr |
The cost-to-own figure is principal and interest at today’s prevailing 30-year rate with a 20% down payment, plus the county’s median tax bill and a typical insurance premium. Your own number moves with the rate you lock and the home’s flood zone and roof.
How Brooksville home prices have moved
Appreciation has run -1.7% over the last year, +3.9% a year over five years, +8.3% a year over ten. The median went from $115,033 in 2015 to $299,000 over the last 12 months, +160% in 11 years.
| Year | Median sale | Closings | Days on market | $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $115,033 | 24 | 76 | $75 |
| 2016 | $145,144 | 90 | 66 | $87 |
| 2017 | $144,909 | 123 | 63 | $88 |
| 2021 | $236,722 | 18 | 21 | $137 |
| 2022 | $268,075 | 201 | 8 | $156 |
| 2023 | $302,020 | 48 | 39 | $172 |
| 2024 | $240,310 | 170 | 39 | $164 |
| 2025 | $257,153 | 190 | 48 | $166 |
| 2026 | $270,181 | 390 | 68 | $161 |
The Brooksville market right now
| Homes for sale | 475 |
| Under contract | 68 |
| Sold in the last 12 months | 1,061 |
| Months of supply | 5.4 |
| Sale-to-list price | 93% |
| Listings with a price cut | 30.6% |
| Cash purchases (latest year) | 40% |
| New-construction share of sales | 24% |
What sells here: Single Family Residence 39%, Manufactured Home - Post 1977 36%, Manufactured Home 12%.
By price band, where the supply and the waiting are:
| Price band | For sale | Sold, 12 mo | Months of supply | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300K | 96 | 220 | 5.2 | 65 |
| $300K–$500K | 20 | 67 | 3.6 | 73 |
| $500K–$750K | 48 | 26 | 22.2 | 122 |
Weather, flood and insurance exposure
Insurance is the line item that surprises people. Citizens, the state-backed insurer of last resort, averages $1,699 a year in Hernando County across 4,534 policies. Roof age, wind-mitigation features and flood zone move a quote more than anything else, so price insurance before you write an offer, not after.
Who is moving to Brooksville
IRS county-to-county returns for Hernando County show 15,413 people moving in and 10,587 moving out in the latest filing year, a net of +4,826. Out-of-state arrivals came mostly from NY, CA, NJ, IL. Households arriving reported an average adjusted gross income of $61,429 against $50,029 for those leaving. Hernando County’s population grew from 182,696 in 2018 to 207,018 (+13%), and median household income rose +44% over the same stretch.
The trade-offs, by the numbers
What the numbers argue for: five-year appreciation of +3.9% a year; 5.4 months of supply (a balanced market); Citizens average premium $1,699 a year; net migration +4,826 people a year into the county; median property tax bill $1,858 a year.
What the numbers argue against: price-to-income of 4.6x (above the four-times rule); 30.1% of median income to own the median home (over the 28% guideline); prices -0.3% over the last year, which favors buyers on price and hurts recent sellers.
None of this describes the people who live here; it describes what it costs to buy in, what you carry each month, and how the market has treated owners. Neighborhood fit is a visit, not a statistic.
Keep researching Brooksville
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Market figures are aggregates as of November 7, 2026 and change over time; no individual sale is shown. General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Equal Housing Opportunity.