The Villages, FL population, income and ZIP codes

The Villages CDP is a small city in Florida, with 82,108 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #39 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 73.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in The Villages CDP earn a median of $76,523 a year, 2.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% above 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 4.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in The Villages CDP is valued at $375,100, 23.6% above the national figure and 23% above the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,541 a month, 9.6% above the national figure, or roughly $18,492 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.2% 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 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 94.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

A median age of 73.6 puts The Villages CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

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.