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Census Tract 9617.02, Highlands, FL

1,982 Population
57.3 square miles 34.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±11.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Highlands County: 54.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,946 ±$5,601 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Highlands County: $32,993 ±$1,098
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$44,275 ±$9,659 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Highlands County: $54,897 ±$2,416
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

23% ±13.4% (456  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Highlands County: 15.3% 15,895 (±1.4% / ±1,436)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

29.5 minutes ±2.7 (19,585  ±5,615) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Highlands County: 23.8 778,060 (±1.1 / ±44,985)
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

715 ±90 Number of households
  • Highlands County: 46,879 ±755
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
2.5 ±0.3 (1,810  ±302) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Highlands County: 2.2 104,024 (±0 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

11.5% ±8.2% (52  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Highlands County: 5.2% † 900 (±1.6% / ±272)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)

Housing

851 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Highlands County: 58,635 ±48
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$168,200 ±$42,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Highlands County: $187,900 ±$8,429
  • about half the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

19.2% ±9.5% (376  ±193.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Highlands County: 12.5% † 13,106 (±1.3% / ±1,391)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

74.3% ±12.3% (1,020  ±209) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Highlands County: 86.6% 71,204 (±2.5% / ±2,084.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
17.3% ±9.1% (237  ±128.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Highlands County: 20.5% 16,814 (±1.3% / ±1,067.3)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

26.6% ±8.4% (527  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Highlands County: 10.8% 11,458
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

10% ±4.1% (164  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Highlands County: 11.1% 9,776 (±0.7% / ±627)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
164 Total veterans ±71 155 Male ±73 9 Female ±14

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