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Watertown, FL

3,068 Population
2.5 square miles 1,240.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±17.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,894 ±$4,359 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: $29,367 ±$1,467
  • about half the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,466 ±$10,822 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: $59,205 ±$3,290
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

42.4% ±17.3% (1,288  ±646) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 16.7% † 11,227 (±3.1% / ±2,085)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.2 minutes ±11.4 (10,760  ±4,702) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 25.8 686,515 (±1.2 / ±41,972)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,372 ±340 Number of households
  • the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 27,430 ±451
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (3,037  ±882) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 2.5 67,649 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.4% ±17.1% (114  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 6.4% † 923 (±2.1% / ±305)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,524 ±343 Number of housing units
  • the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 30,300 ±40
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,100 ±$16,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: $194,900 ±$13,582
  • about one-third of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.9% ±9.6% (589  ±328.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 17.9% † 12,684 (±2.5% / ±1,741.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.9% ±30.2% (1,765  ±434.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 86% 43,207 (±3.5% / ±1,794.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.3% ±5% (175  ±114.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 16.8% † 8,443 (±1.7% / ±855.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±2.1% (65  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 4.7% 3,398
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

20.1% ±9.2% (481  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Lake City, FL Micro Area: 11.1% † 6,180 (±1.1% / ±619)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
481 Total veterans ±248 315 Male ±163 166 Female ±159

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