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Ocala, FL

70,245 Population
48 square miles 1,463.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 47.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,172 ±$4,636 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: $35,538 ±$1,962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,814 ±$7,600 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: $64,410 ±$3,180
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

24.4% ±8.2% (16,274  ±5,464) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 14.5% † 60,474 (±1.9% / ±8,105)
  • about double the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.2 minutes ±0.8 (473,415  ±33,189) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 26.8 3,602,320 (±0.6 / ±105,528)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29,149 ±2,160 Number of households
  • the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 176,194 ±3,042
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.2 (66,712  ±126) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 2.4 419,419 (±0 / ±137)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.9% ±3.2% (425  ±467) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 4.9% † 4,017 (±1.7% / ±1,373)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,268 ±2,275 Number of housing units
  • the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 199,453 ±74
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$270,800 ±$48,580 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: $275,600 ±$7,182
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15% ±6.6% (10,429  ±4,568) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 11.7% † 49,649 (±2% / ±8,455.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.8% ±7.2% (45,323  ±4,581.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 88.9% 285,382 (±3% / ±9,610.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.8% ±5% (17,031  ±2,722.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 24.6% 78,926 (±1.7% / ±5,450.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.2% ±3.5% (7,860  ±2,481) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 10.5% 45,212
  • about half the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.9% ±2.4% (4,412  ±1,348) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ocala, FL Metro Area: 9.9% 34,721 (±1% / ±3,408)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,412 Total veterans ±1,348 4,006 Male ±1,284 406 Female ±342

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