Progress Village market snapshot (as of June 25, 2026): the median sale price is about $277K ($288 per sq ft), with homes averaging 70 days on market and 1.8 months of supply, a seller's market. Based on 39 recent closings in live Stellar MLS data.
Progress Village is a historic community in eastern Hillsborough County, southeast of downtown Tampa. It was established around 1959 to 1960 as a planned community to expand homeownership in the county, developed under the leadership of prominent local civic leaders, and the first residents arrived in 1960, per University of South Florida archives and local reporting.
Founded with little around it but the homes and the surrounding land, the community built its own institutions, including the Progress Village Civic Council, and has grown over more than six decades into an established neighborhood. As the county has built out around it, Progress Village has continued to evolve, with newer apartments and construction joining the original homes.
The housing stock today spans original mid-century homes and newer construction, at attainable prices relative to much of Hillsborough County. Because conditions vary, this is a comp-by-comp, read-the-block market, and most homes carry no community-wide HOA, so the carrying cost is taxes and insurance; confirm the CDD status per parcel.
The location is a real asset: a central east-county position with quick access to the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, I-75, and the Brandon and Riverview job and retail corridors. Confirm the FEMA flood zone for the exact address, inspect older homes carefully, and comp by condition and block.
