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Census Tract 9602, Highlands, FL

4,494 Population
16.8 square miles 266.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.2 ±11.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Avon Park: 49.5 ±4.4
  • a little less than the figure in Highlands County: 54.4 ±0.2

Economics

$26,854 ±$5,942 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Avon Park: $23,787 † ±$2,399
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Highlands County: $32,993 ±$1,098
$42,014 ±$9,643 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Avon Park: $36,485 † ±$4,055
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Highlands County: $54,897 ±$2,416

21.5% ±7.6% (942  ±358) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Avon Park: 23.3% † 2,292 (±5.1% / ±497)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Highlands County: 15.3% 15,895 (±1.4% / ±1,436)

25.4 minutes ±8.7 (34,930  ±13,702) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Avon Park: 24.6 † 82,220 (±5.4 / ±21,488)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Highlands County: 23.8 778,060 (±1.1 / ±44,985)

Families

1,939 ±251 Number of households
  • Avon Park: 4,721 ±316
  • Highlands County: 46,879 ±755
2.3 ±0.1 (4,365  ±622) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Avon Park: 2.1 9,729 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Highlands County: 2.2 104,024 (±0 / ±40)

28.4% ±25.5% (184  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Avon Park: 2.9% † 58 (±3.6% / ±72)
  • more than double the rate in Highlands County: 5.2% † 900 (±1.6% / ±272)

Housing

2,198 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Avon Park: 5,579 ±387
  • Highlands County: 58,635 ±48

$199,300 ±$50,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Avon Park: $144,700 † ±$29,856
  • a little higher than the amount in Highlands County: $187,900 ±$8,429

14.9% ±9% (657  ±405.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Avon Park: 16.9% † 1,696 (±6% / ±602.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Highlands County: 12.5% † 13,106 (±1.3% / ±1,391)

Social

89.8% ±8.3% (2,946  ±484.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Avon Park: 79.7% † 6,172 (±8% / ±666.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Highlands County: 86.6% 71,204 (±2.5% / ±2,084.6)
20% ±5% (656  ±186.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Avon Park: 10.7% † 831 (±2.6% / ±204.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Highlands County: 20.5% 16,814 (±1.3% / ±1,067.3)

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

6.6% ±3.7% (295  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Avon Park: 12.1% † 1,220 (±3.5% / ±350)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Highlands County: 10.8% 11,458

12.8% ±6.5% (454  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avon Park: 9.5% † 807 (±3% / ±255)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Highlands County: 11.1% 9,776 (±0.7% / ±627)
454 Total veterans ±239 444 Male ±242 10 Female ±16

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