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Census Tract 9609, Highlands, FL

2,621 Population
15.1 square miles 173 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±11.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sebring: 45.6 ±2.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Highlands County: 54.4 ±0.2

Economics

$26,910 ±$8,341 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sebring: $30,510 † ±$3,488
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Highlands County: $32,993 ±$1,098
$39,792 ±$9,793 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sebring: $44,184 † ±$5,412
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Highlands County: $54,897 ±$2,416

21.9% ±11.6% (573  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sebring: 24.1% † 2,591 (±5.1% / ±545)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Highlands County: 15.3% 15,895 (±1.4% / ±1,436)

19.1 minutes ±4.5 (15,290  ±5,371) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sebring: 21.2 † 77,390 (±3.3 / ±14,824)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Highlands County: 23.8 778,060 (±1.1 / ±44,985)

Families

1,138 ±184 Number of households
  • Sebring: 4,949 ±328
  • Highlands County: 46,879 ±755
2.3 ±0.1 (2,621  ±452) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sebring: 2.2 10,684 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • a little higher than the figure in Highlands County: 2.2 104,024 (±0 / ±40)

8.2% ±9.6% (46  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sebring: 6.8% † 157 (±3.9% / ±92)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Highlands County: 5.2% † 900 (±1.6% / ±272)

Housing

1,425 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Sebring: 5,986 ±369
  • Highlands County: 58,635 ±48

$132,600 ±$70,748 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sebring: $191,600 † ±$32,038
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Highlands County: $187,900 ±$8,429

14.8% ±9.1% (382  ±243) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sebring: 17.5% † 1,968 (±3.7% / ±413.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Highlands County: 12.5% † 13,106 (±1.3% / ±1,391)

Social

75.9% ±8.7% (1,344  ±282.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sebring: 81.7% 6,769 (±6% / ±594.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Highlands County: 86.6% 71,204 (±2.5% / ±2,084.6)
11% ±4.7% (194  ±89.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Sebring: 21% † 1,739 (±3.3% / ±286.6)
  • about half 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% ±4.3% (156  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sebring: 15% † 1,709 (±3.5% / ±393)
  • about half the rate in Highlands County: 10.8% 11,458

10.6% ±7.5% (201  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sebring: 7% † 636 (±1.8% / ±164)
  • a little less than the rate in Highlands County: 11.1% 9,776 (±0.7% / ±627)
201 Total veterans ±146 173 Male ±133 28 Female ±42

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