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)
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.