Shady Hills is a

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(CDP) in

Pasco County Pasco County is a county located on the west central coast in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2024, the population of the county is 656,851, making it the tenth-most populous county in the state. Its county seat is Dade City, and its largest c ...

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, United States. The population was 7,798 at the 2000 census. It is in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and home to a

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group.

Geography

Shady Hills is located at (28.405633, -82.547369). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (4.49%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 7,798 people, 2,811 households, and 2,144 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 3,060 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.83%

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, 0.56%

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, 0.62% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.01%

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, 0.62% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.90% of the population. There were 2,811 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were

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living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.10. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,564, and the median income for a family was $40,090. Males had a median income of $26,805 versus $23,657 for females. The

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for the CDP was $14,686. About 10.8% of families and 13.6% of the population were below the

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, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.

Pigeon racing

Shady Hills is one of the premier areas for

and hosts the Gulfcoast Homing Club, a group that races

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s and hosts an annual Gulfcoast Classic competition. The event included $250,000 in prize money in 2011. Races can challenge the birds to cover 600 miles back to their home lofts. The Highlands subdivision (off Shady Hills Road in an area just south of the

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line) is the center of activity for the pigeon racing participants and is home to the 200 member club and about 100 owners of homing pigeon.Commission won't ban racing pigeons
Pasco commissioners rejected rules outlawing racing pigeons, a sport that has decades-old roots in the county.] February 06, 2011 TBO.com

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Pasco County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida