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Census Tract 9603, Highlands, FL

4,442 Population
1.6 square miles 2,829.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Avon Park: 49.5 ±4.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Highlands County: 54.4 ±0.2

Economics

$20,259 ±$2,211 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Avon Park: $23,787 † ±$2,399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Highlands County: $32,993 ±$1,098
$30,393 ±$8,479 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Avon Park: $36,485 † ±$4,055
  • about half the amount in Highlands County: $54,897 ±$2,416

27.6% ±8.9% (1,224  ±417) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Avon Park: 23.3% † 2,292 (±5.1% / ±497)
  • nearly double the rate in Highlands County: 15.3% 15,895 (±1.4% / ±1,436)

24.4 minutes ±9.1 (41,410  ±17,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Avon Park: 24.6 † 82,220 (±5.4 / ±21,488)
  • a little higher than the figure in Highlands County: 23.8 778,060 (±1.1 / ±44,985)

Families

2,071 ±309 Number of households
  • Avon Park: 4,721 ±316
  • Highlands County: 46,879 ±755
2.1 ±0.4 (4,383  ±502) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Avon Park: 2.1 9,729 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in Highlands County: 2.2 104,024 (±0 / ±40)

2.1% ±3.1% (25  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Avon Park: 2.9% † 58 (±3.6% / ±72)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Highlands County: 5.2% † 900 (±1.6% / ±272)

Housing

2,480 ±337 Number of housing units
  • Avon Park: 5,579 ±387
  • Highlands County: 58,635 ±48

$148,500 ±$31,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Avon Park: $144,700 † ±$29,856
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Highlands County: $187,900 ±$8,429

26.2% ±9.3% (1,164  ±434.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Avon Park: 16.9% † 1,696 (±6% / ±602.1)
  • more than double the rate in Highlands County: 12.5% † 13,106 (±1.3% / ±1,391)

Social

70.6% ±9.5% (2,234  ±418.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Avon Park: 79.7% † 6,172 (±8% / ±666.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Highlands County: 86.6% 71,204 (±2.5% / ±2,084.6)
3.3% ±2.5% (105  ±79.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Avon Park: 10.7% † 831 (±2.6% / ±204.5)
  • less than a fifth of 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

14.6% ±5.8% (649  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Avon Park: 12.1% † 1,220 (±3.5% / ±350)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Highlands County: 10.8% 11,458

4.1% ±2.5% (155  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Avon Park: 9.5% † 807 (±3% / ±255)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Highlands County: 11.1% 9,776 (±0.7% / ±627)
155 Total veterans ±96 108 Male ±81 47 Female ±54

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