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Palatka, FL

10,650 Population
9.9 square miles 1,080.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 45 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,076 ±$2,048 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $28,621 ±$1,546
  • about half the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,021 ±$4,827 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $47,934 ±$2,163
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37.3% ±6.9% (3,787  ±704) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 23.4% 17,328 (±2.1% / ±1,552)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±2.4 (71,160  ±11,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 29.6 703,340 (±1.3 / ±44,392)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,246 ±316 Number of households
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 31,360 ±629
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (9,992  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 2.4 73,789 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±4.9% (164  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 7% † 1,043 (±1.7% / ±256)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,574 ±326 Number of housing units
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 37,065 ±105
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,500 ±$37,236 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $160,300 ±$5,600
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.3% ±5% (1,602  ±527.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 9.9% † 7,377 (±1.5% / ±1,133.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.8% ±7.1% (5,238  ±576.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 82.3% 44,356 (±2.9% / ±1,598.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.7% ±3.3% (718  ±223.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 14.5% 7,805 (±1.4% / ±737.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4% ±2.6% (422  ±274) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 4.7% 3,562
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.8% (617  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 10.7% 6,356 (±1% / ±571)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
617 Total veterans ±218 544 Male ±219 73 Female ±61

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