THE HILLCREST HEIGHTS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Florida Ridges and Uplands setting.
Hillcrest Heights town has 0.16 square miles of land in Polk County. Its Census reference point is in Central Florida Ridges and Uplands, within Southern Coastal Plain.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hillcrest Heights and Polk County
Hillcrest Heights is associated with Polk County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hillcrest Heights by land and water
The Census records 8.54 square miles of water within Hillcrest Heights, or 98.2% of its total area. It is 87.6 percentage points higher than the 10.5% recorded for Polk County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hillcrest Heights town has 10.5% of the land area of nearby Babson Park CDP (1.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

