Citrus County neighborhoods, Crystal River to Inverness. Know what matters before you buy.

Citrus County is the springs coast: manatees in Crystal River and Homosassa, the Tsala Apopka lake chain at Inverness and Hernando, and a retirement-value belt through Beverly Hills, Citrus Springs, and Lecanto where 1980s–90s housing stock and new infill both undercut nearly every coastal market in Florida. The Suncoast Parkway extension changed the math here — Tampa's north suburbs are now a realistic hour, which is steadily pulling working-age buyers into a county built for retirees.

Per-neighborhood, the issues we cover: coastal flood exposure in Homosassa and Crystal River's waterfront pockets versus the high-and-dry inland ridge, well-and-septic prevalence, golf-community HOA health in the legacy plats, and which corridors the parkway actually helps.

32 community guides below, organized by town. Start with the interactive Neighborhood Finder if you'd rather browse the whole map.

Hernando (9)

Bellamy Ridge at Terra VistaThe honest Bellamy Ridge guide: the gated-within-gated Terra Vista enclave of ~150 homes 2,500 sqft and up on quarter-acre-plus lots, from the $700s,…Brentwood at Citrus HillsThe honest Brentwood guide: the Citrus Hills village with its own 9-hole course, golf-cart-legal streets, a village pool and fitness room, and…Canterbury Lake EstatesThe honest Canterbury Lake Estates guide: the club-optional Citrus Hills village with three fishing lakes, a ~$32/month HOA, its own pool and…Clearview EstatesThe honest Clearview Estates guide: the only Citrus Hills village with equestrian trails - estate homes on one-acre lots, a ~$281/year HOA, recent…Davis Reserve at Citrus HillsDavis Reserve at Citrus Hills: the new gated 55+ village of ~400 homes from the $400s, the Davis Reserve CDD (the first in Citrus Hills), the…Hampton HillsThe honest Hampton Hills guide: the estate-scale Citrus Hills village built 1984-2021 on wooded rolling lots, with a near-token recorded HOA…Skyview Villas at Terra VistaThe honest Skyview Villas guide: care-free villas above the Skyview course in gated Terra Vista - the full three-layer fee stack ($240 villa + $258…Terra Vista at Citrus HillsThe honest Terra Vista guide: the 24/7 manned gate, the $258/month master fee that includes internet and cable, section HOAs from $11-$205/month, the…Villages of Citrus HillsThe honest Villages of Citrus Hills guide: 14 villages with wildly different HOA bills, the $2,000-deposit social membership math, 54 holes of golf,…

Lecanto (6)

Inverness (4)

Homosassa (4)

Crystal River (4)

Beverly Hills (4)

Citrus Springs (1)

Straight answers

Is Crystal River waterfront a flood risk?

The coastal fringe is genuine surge territory — elevation and flood history decide insurability. The inland ridge through Lecanto, Beverly Hills, and Hernando sits high and dry; our guides are explicit about which side of that line each community is on.

Can you commute to Tampa from Citrus County?

Via the Suncoast Parkway, the Tampa north suburbs are roughly an hour from Lecanto/Homosassa — viable for hybrid schedules. Downtown Tampa daily is a stretch. Guides give corridor-level reality.

Why is housing so cheap in Beverly Hills and Citrus Springs?

Deltona-era platting created enormous lot supply, and the housing stock skews older and modest. For cash-flow investors and entry buyers it is one of Florida's last sub-$250K markets — with the renovation and insurance caveats our guides describe.