What is the population of Ocala city?

Ocala city has 64,903 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #55 of 955 in Florida.

What is the median household income in Ocala city?

Median household income in Ocala city is $53,520 a year, 31.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ocala city?

Median gross rent is $1,230 a month and the median home value is $219,900, so rent absorbs about 27.6% of median household income.

Is Ocala city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ocala city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ocala, FL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ocala, Florida (Ocala, FL — Census place “Ocala city”) is 64,903 residents, ranking #55 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $53,520, the median home is worth $219,900 and median gross rent runs $1,230 a month. Looking for the Ocala Florida ZIP code list? 4 ZIP codes serve Ocala, FL: 34470, 34471, 34474, 34475.

Population: 64,903Ocala city residents
Median household income: $53,520Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $219,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,230Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.4%Owner-occupied households

Ocala ZIP codes (Florida)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ocala.

The Ocala FL ZIP code list below covers 4 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Ocala city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ocala city median would spend about 27.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.2% of residents and 50.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ocala city, FL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ocala city is a small city in Florida, with 64,903 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #55 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 37.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ocala city earn a median of $53,520 a year, 31.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 18.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ocala city is valued at $219,900, 27.5% below the national figure and 28% below the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,230 a month, 12.5% below the national figure, or roughly $14,760 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 50.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Ocala city?: Ocala city has 64,903 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #55 of 955 in Florida.
What is the median household income in Ocala city?: Median household income in Ocala city is $53,520 a year, 31.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ocala city?: Median gross rent is $1,230 a month and the median home value is $219,900, so rent absorbs about 27.6% of median household income.
Is Ocala city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ocala city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ocala city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.