Tampa named one of the top Halloween towns in the US

It’s the spookiest time of the year, and Tampa knows how to celebrate. Haunted ships, ghost tours on a water taxi, a giant horror theme park, and a Nightmare on Franklin Street are just some of the ways you can celebrate the Halloween season in Tampa. For this, and myriad other reasons, Tampa was named one of the top cities to celebrate Halloween by Wallethub in 2023.

The survey looked at Trick-or-Treater friendliness, abundance of Halloween-related events for kids and adults, and Halloween weather. When you consider the fact that you can visit the largest pumpkin in Florida at Bearss Groves, and watch spooky flicks under the stars in a pumpkin patch, it’s not hard to see why Tampa placed in the top 30.

Wallethub compared 100 of the most populated cities across three categories to determine these rankings. Trick-or-treater friendliness refers to walkability, pedestrian safety, population density, and range of potential trick-or-treaters.

The study also looks at amusement parks per capita, pumpkin patches per capita, the number of candy/sweet shops in town, and forecasted Halloween precipitation. The forecast calls for trick-or-treating along the Tampa Riverwalk.