The entrance monument of Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club, with its oak-tree emblem, seen from the road.

Homes near USF and Florida College · Minutes to both campuses

Temple Terrace

The closest town to both campuses, and its own city rather than a subdivision. I’ve watched people move here and simply not leave.

$351,000
Median sold price
57
Median days on market
$200
Price per sq ft

Temple Terrace, as of September 7, 2026.

Median days to lease: not yet available.

Minutes to Florida College. A few minutes more to USF across Fowler.

What it’s actually like

Temple Terrace is its own city, not a subdivision, and it feels like it. The streets are mature and shaded, the golf course sits in the middle of town instead of behind a gate, and the river bends around the northern edge. It was laid out in the 1920s, so the older sections have deep, irregular lots that newer development doesn’t reproduce. The city limits run roughly from just north of Fletcher to Harney.

College campuses

Florida College is often a walk, a bike ride, or a five-minute drive from here. USF sits just west across Fowler, close enough to cycle rather than drive.

The Florida College frontage in Temple Terrace, seen from the road, with palms and a campus building behind the entrance marker.The University of South Florida frontage on Fowler Avenue, seen from across the road.

Primary schools

Served by Hillsborough County Public Schools, with elementary, middle, and high school options zoned to the address. See published ratings →

What the homes are like

Mostly single-family, and genuinely varied. 1950s-70s ranches and split-levels sit on generous lots through the older sections, alongside a smaller number of newer infill builds and some riverfront property along the Hillsborough. Block construction is common, and lots here typically run larger than what you’ll find in newer Tampa development.

What you get here

A short walk or drive to Florida College. An established street grid instead of a new-build subdivision. Mature trees and a real town center rather than a clubhouse behind a gate. A rental permit and an occupancy cap apply here — worth knowing if you’re buying to rent it out.

A curving residential street in Temple Terrace shaded by mature live oaks.
The road curves and the canopy follows. Temple Terrace.
A residential street in Temple Terrace under a canopy of live oaks draped with Spanish moss.
Live oaks and Spanish moss over a Temple Terrace street.
A straight residential street in Temple Terrace under live oaks.
Looking straight down the same street.
The Temple Terrace TT monogram set into a masonry wall.
The Temple Terrace monogram, set in masonry.
Woodland with a bent tree trunk covered in moss.
A bent, moss-covered trunk in the woods.

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