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Palatka, FL

10,558 Population
9.9 square miles 1,071.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 45 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$19,217 ±$1,920 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $26,908 ±$1,551
  • about half the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$33,628 ±$6,248 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $47,256 ±$1,961
  • about half the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

34.1% ±6.8% (3,430  ±681) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 23.9% 17,409 (±1.9% / ±1,388)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

23.3 minutes ±2.1 (69,305  ±11,627) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 30.7 728,135 (±1.3 / ±44,411)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

4,277 ±359 Number of households
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 30,650 ±595
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.3 ±0.2 (9,890  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 2.4 72,856 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

7.4% ±5% (180  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,000 (±1.8% / ±269)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

4,571 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 36,614 ±53
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$112,300 ±$12,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: $147,300 ±$14,019
  • about one-third of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

19% ±5.9% (1,983  ±613.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 11.3% † 8,330 (±1.8% / ±1,292.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

79.3% ±6.9% (5,531  ±574.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 82.2% 43,648 (±2.9% / ±1,563)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
12.1% ±3.2% (847  ±225.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 14.1% 7,483 (±1.4% / ±733.6)
  • about two-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

4.1% ±2.1% (433  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 4.7% 3,504
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

6.5% ±2.5% (505  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Palatka, FL Micro Area: 10.3% 6,008 (±0.9% / ±547)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
505 Total veterans ±197 442 Male ±192 63 Female ±63

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