Riverside Heights
Homes for Sale in Tampa, FL

Riverside Heights market snapshot (as of September 12, 2026): the median sale price is about $1.28M ($337 per sq ft over the trailing 12 months of closed sales), and a median 111 days on market for closed sales. The trailing-12-month median is up 5% from the prior 12 months, computed from record-level Stellar MLS closed sales (3 closings in the current window).

In ZIP 33602 (Tampa), 329 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $578K ($392/sq ft), up 9.2% year over year, with a median 57 days on market. Right now 74 active and 15 pending listings put supply at about 3.8 months — a balanced market. See the live ZIP 33602 housing market and the Hillsborough County market.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 32 homes in riverside heights that have changed hands since 2004, built between 1924 and 2026 (median 2005), with a median living area of about 1,750 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 39 qualified sales in riverside heights across 2024–2025 (23 in 2024, 16 in 2025), median $551,000 — the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Riverside Heights is an older, close-in Tampa neighborhood where a 1900-to-2024 build range and a 1949 median mean you're buying a specific era and a specific level of work, not an interchangeable floor plan. The two-thirds homestead share points to a stock that's largely owner-occupied rather than churning as rentals.

The story of this neighborhood is age and variance. A median build year of 1949 with anything from turn-of-the-century houses to brand-new 2024 construction means the housing stock is genuinely mixed lot by lot. That's why the median price per square foot near $349 should be read as a midpoint across a broad range, not a rate you can apply to any given home. Original cottages and gut-renovated or newly built homes are competing in the same ZIP, and the finish level is what separates them.

With 821 homes and a homestead share around 67%, this is a settled, owner-heavy area rather than a fast-flipping one. Combine that with a 137-day median on market and you get a deliberate pace: inventory moves when it's priced to its actual condition and lingers when it isn't. Buyers should budget for renovation realities on older stock; sellers should get ahead of the inspection story before listing.

In a market this condition-sensitive, the per-square-foot median is a starting point, not an answer. We price and evaluate homes here on what's actually been done — foundation, systems, roof, and the quality of any renovation — because a 1949 median with a 1900-to-2024 range punishes lazy comps. With a 137-day median, we help sellers position for the buyer who's paying attention and help buyers separate a fair deal from a deferred-maintenance trap.

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