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Okeechobee, FL

5,376 Population
4.1 square miles 1,325.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,909 ±$3,852 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: $27,836 ±$1,702
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$50,365 ±$7,800 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: $52,288 ±$3,531
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

23.3% ±9.6% (1,168  ±480) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 19% † 7,127 (±3.1% / ±1,175)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

18.2 minutes ±3.4 (35,705  ±9,021) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 26 360,085 (±2.4 / ±39,599)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

1,806 ±269 Number of households
  • the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 15,187 ±408
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.8 ±0.4 (5,048  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 2.5 37,507 (±0.1 / ±75)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

9.4% ±6.7% (119  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 7.7% † 598 (±2.1% / ±164)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

1,983 ±284 Number of housing units
  • the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 18,532 ±49
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$187,400 ±$13,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: $179,000 ±$10,155
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

4.8% ±2.2% (251  ±114.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 13.5% † 5,359 (±2.1% / ±840.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

81.1% ±10.6% (3,003  ±420.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 80% 22,925 (±3.8% / ±1,090.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
20.5% ±6.4% (760  ±240.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 16.1% † 4,615 (±1.8% / ±527.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

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

9.3% ±3.5% (501  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 12.4% 5,005
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

10.5% ±3.8% (425  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Okeechobee, FL Micro Area: 9% † 2,842 (±1.2% / ±363)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
425 Total veterans ±155 350 Male ±110 75 Female ±103

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