The Village of Pine Hills is in the Fruitland Park section of The Villages — Lake County, ZIP 34731, under District 11 (established May 22, 2014, Fruitland Park Ordinance 2014-014). Despite being commonly listed as a Brownwood area or south-of-466A village, Pine Hills is in Lake County with a ~1.6% effective property tax rate, not Sumter County's ~1.0%. Built 2015–2017, directly adjacent to Belle Glade Country Club, sister village to Pine Ridge.
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Belle Glade Country Club is directly adjacent to Pine Hills — a championship course with fine dining, one of the more complete club facilities in the southern Villages corridor. Colony Cottage Recreation Center is the village's named rec facility. The Sharon Rose Wiechens Preserve runs along the village's edge: a natural preserve with native Florida vegetation that adds a sense of open space uncommon in a planned retirement community. Pine Hills has its own adult pool — the Pine Hills Adult Pool — a separate facility from the Pine Ridge Adult Pool in sister village Pine Ridge, so residents are not sharing an adult facility across two villages.
The cost picture requires clarity before committing. Lake County's effective property tax rate runs approximately 1.6% (2024) — the highest of the three counties in The Villages, roughly $2,400 per year more than a comparably priced home in Sumter County. Combined with an active CDD bond from 2015–2017 construction, Pine Hills sits at the higher end of ongoing carrying costs in The Villages. The offsetting case is real: Belle Glade CC adjacency, the preserve, and Colony Plaza — the same shopping hub that serves the Village of Hemingway — put Publix, Walgreens, medical offices, and casual dining within golf cart reach. Buyers who prioritize championship golf adjacency and natural-area character, and who run the full annual cost honestly, will find the comparison clear.
Pine Hills is in the Fruitland Park section of The Villages — Lake County, ZIP 34731, governed by District 11 (established May 22, 2014 via Fruitland Park Ordinance 2014-014). It is approximately 693 acres in the City of Fruitland Park. Brownwood Paddock Square is the closest town square.
Homes in Pine Hills were built between 2015 and 2017, placing the village in the newer development era of The Villages. Most homes carry active CDD bond balances at or near their original amount.
Pine Hills has Designer Homes and Premier Homes — a mix that runs from mid-size Designer Homes through larger Premier Homes, typical of The Villages' newer developments.
Brownwood Paddock Square is the closest town square, accessible by golf cart from the Fruitland Park section. It is a country and Western horse-themed square with free nightly live entertainment, open since 2012.
Belle Glade Country Club is directly adjacent to Pine Hills — a championship course with fine dining and full club facilities. The Sarasota Driving Range is also nearby in the Fruitland Park section corridor.
Lake County. Pine Hills is commonly and incorrectly listed as a Brownwood area or south-of-466A village in Sumter County — that is a mislabeling error. The correct designation is the Fruitland Park section of The Villages, Lake County, ZIP 34731. Lake County carries an effective property tax rate of approximately 1.6% (2024), higher than Sumter County's ~1.0%. This distinction matters significantly for annual carrying cost calculations.
The Sharon Rose Wiechens Preserve is a natural preserve adjacent to Pine Hills, with native Florida vegetation that provides open natural-area character along the village's edge. It is an uncommon amenity in a planned retirement community and one of the distinctive features of the Fruitland Park section environment.
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