That’s about the same number as for Boulder, and it is not a commuter school. Almost all those 6500 spaces are for Freshmen (some RAs, some married student housing, a few other upperclassmen). Boulder is within an hour of Denver and a million people (my home was 45 minutes away and I never went home). Friend lives 20 minutes from campus, and her daughter lived in a dorm, then in an apartment. Her other child went to Mines, also within a 40 minute drive and lived on campus or nearby.
You could make the same point about any of the LA schools, NY schools, Georgia Tech or any school in a metro area. The students aren’t going home every day or every weekend. They are at college, they are with their friends.
My nephew was in one of those Tampa high schools. It would have taken him 2-3 hours a day to go back and forth every day.