Lutz, Florida | |
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Unincorporated Community | |
 Lutz Train Depot | |
| Nickname: "Cactus Hat" | |
 Location inHillsborough County and the state ofFlorida | |
| Coordinates:28°07′48″N82°28′14″W / 28.13000°N 82.47056°W /28.13000; -82.47056 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Hillsborough,Pasco |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.84 sq mi (69.51 km2) |
| • Land | 24.43 sq mi (63.27 km2) |
| • Water | 2.41 sq mi (6.24 km2) |
| Elevation | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 23,707 |
| • Density | 970/sq mi (374.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 33548, 33549, 33558, 33559 |
| Area code | 813 |
| FIPS code | 12-41775[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403247[2] |
Lutz/ˈluːts/ is anunincorporated community inHillsborough County andPasco County, Florida, United States, 15 miles (24 km) north ofTampa. While there is acensus-designated area of Lutz, the community itself extends beyond those boundaries into other census-designated areas.
Lutz began with the construction of a small train depot on theTampa Northern Railroad. The area surrounding the depot officially became known as "Lutz" when theU.S. Postal Service authorized a post office. The community was named for W. P. Lutz, who was credited with bringing the railroad to town.[4]
As people moved to the rural community fromTampa, the Lutz area continued to grow until it no longer depended on the "Lutz Junction", which was demolished in the late 1960s.
In 2000, a replica of thedepot was rebuilt in the approximate location, which is now at the intersection of Lutz-Lake Fern Road andU.S. Highway 41. The post office's structure is still in the same place today, although it is now an art gallery. A public library is located behind the train depot replica. This area is known as "Beautiful Downtown Lutz" and had a song written about it in 1981.[5]
Part of the movieEdward Scissorhands was filmed on Tinsmith Circle in the neighborhood of Carpenter's Run in north Lutz in Pasco County. In thecredits the town is named in the "Thank you" section.[6]
Lutz is located in northwesternHillsborough County and southernPasco County. It is bordered to the northeast in Pasco County byWesley Chapel and in Hillsborough County by a region ofTampa known asNew Tampa, to the south by theLake Magdalene andUniversity unincorporated communities, and to the west by unincorporatedKeystone in Hillsborough County and to. the northwest byOdessa in Pasco County. To the north, Lutz is bordered byLand o' Lakes andWesley Chapel inPasco County.
Interstate 275 runs through the east side of Lutz, joining its parent highwayInterstate 75 in the northeast corner of the community.U.S. Route 41 runs through the center of Lutz, andFlorida State Road 597 forms part of the western border.Downtown Tampa is 14 miles (23 km) to the south.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the Lutz CDP has a total area of 27.1 square miles (70.2 km2), of which 24.6 square miles (63.8 km2) are land and 2.5 square miles (6.4 km2), or 9.06%, are water.[7]
ZIP codes which serve Lutz and the surrounding areas are 33548, 33549, 33558 and 33559. These ZIP codes extend north past the Hillsborough County line to State Road 54 in unincorporated southern Pasco County. That area is also called Lutz, and often referred to as "Pasco Lutz" by residents and newspapers.[8]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5,555 | — | |
| 1990 | 10,552 | 90.0% | |
| 2000 | 17,081 | 61.9% | |
| 2010 | 19,344 | 13.2% | |
| 2020 | 23,707 | 22.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[9] | |||
As of the2020 census,[10] the LutzCDP had a population of 23,707 with 8,584 households.
By age, the population was split as follows: 4.7% of the population were under 5 years old, 23.1% were under 18 years old, and 18.7% were 65 years and older. 50.3% of the population were female.
77.6% were white, 5.4% were black orAfrican American, 0.1% wereAmerican Indian andAlaska Native, 6.3% wereAsian, 9.3% were two or more races, and 14.4% wereHispanic orLatino.
There were 1,700veterans living in the CDP and 10.2% of the population wereforeign-born persons.
97.0% of the households had a computer and 94.9% of the households had abroadband internet subscription.
Of the population aged 25 years or older, 97.0% had a high school diploma or higher and 49.5% of that same population had aBachelor's degree or higher.
Of the population under 65 years old, 6.6% lived with a disability and 7.7% of that same population did not havehealth insurance.
The median household income was $91,875 with aper capita income of $46,908. 3.8% of the population lived below thepoverty threshold.
Lutz is served by Hillsborough & Pasco County Public Schools through the following:
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