Census-designated place · Marion County, Florida

Ocala Estates, Florida

Ocala Estates is a census-designated place in Marion County, Florida, part of the Ocala, FL metro area. It has 1,705 residents. Ocala Estates, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 5 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,935 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #751 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), comfortable days (high) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), bachelor's degree or higher (low) and rent as share of income (high).

5Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,935 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #751 of 780 in FL
Population: 1,705 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,747.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1250756

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety21#12,354/15,637
Economy17#12,929/15,631
Housing29#10,696/14,977
Health13#13,548/15,609
Healthcare12#13,826/15,650
Environment48#8,057/15,453
Education5#14,901/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,284/15,650
Community11#13,931/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,259/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ocala Estates, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marion County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
92/100Florida 4.8×United States 4.1×2018-2022U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077High uncertainty
Comfortable days · high33.0%
90/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationMarion County value
New business applications · high18.6 /1k
86/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauMarion County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.54%
84/100Florida 0.78%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Job growth · high1.2%
81/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMarion County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low131 min
81/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarion County value

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high165 /100k
2/100Florida 97 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low5.4%
2/100Florida 34.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Unemployment rate · high15.1%
3/100Florida 3.9%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high37.1%
4/100Florida 13.7%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Rent-burdened households · high52.0%
5/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
3,427 (2016-2020) → 1,705 (2020-2024)
−50%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
15.1% (2016-2020) → 52.0% (2020-2024)
+37 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
15.3% (2016-2020) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+36 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.4% (2016-2020) → 92.9% (2020-2024)
+24 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
49.4% (2016-2020) → 69.9% (2020-2024)
+20 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
39.1% (2016-2020) → 52.4% (2020-2024)
+13 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Ocala Estates, Florida over five years.

Cities and towns like Ocala Estates, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ocala Estates, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Ocala Estates, Florida five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,705 residents (±538)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,705 residents (±538)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

White37%†635
Black2.4%†41
Hispanic or Latino59%†1,009

Education

1,212 residents (±461)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma30%†365
High school or GED50%†612
Some college10%†124

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

607 households (±211)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k45%†275
$25k–50k7.1%†43
$50k–75k22%†133
$75k–100k6.1%†37
$100k–150k16%†97
$150k–200k3.6%†22
$200k or more0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

607 households (±211)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

Own68%†413
Rent32%†194

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

194 households (±123)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under $75042%†82
$750–1,00044%†85
$1,000–1,50014%†27

Home values

413 homes (±198)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k48%†200
$150k–250k30%†125
$250k–400k16%†66

Age of homes

654 homes (±222)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later9.8%†64
2000–200921%†139
1980–19999.5%†62

Size of homes

654 homes (±222)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms62%†405
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

684 workers (±263)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone80%†549
Carpool20%†135
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

684 workers (±263)

Ocala Estates, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min6.4%†44
15–29 min47%†322
30–44 min41%†278

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Ocala, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Marion County, the county holding most of Ocala Estates's residents.

Marion County has 8,389 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Florida's), with 101,916 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,273. The Census Bureau also counts 40,715 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,389; 40,715 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 101,916
Average annual pay: $47,273; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Marion County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	795	19.3	0.93×About typical	8,610	$67,873	2,156
Specialty trade contractors	768	18.6	1.20×About typical	5,253	$51,567	2,903
Lessors of real estate	508	12.3	1.00×About typical	1,416	$43,810	3,807
Restaurants and other eating places	469	11.4	0.62×Fewer than typical	9,519	$22,061	160
Services to buildings and dwellings	441	10.7	1.59×More than typical	3,566	$39,900	3,886
Offices of physicians	291	7.1	1.09×About typical	3,810	$84,152	294
Construction of buildings	276	6.7	0.89×About typical	1,447	$64,610	1,288
Real estate agents and brokers	273	6.6	1.36×More than typical	509	$46,436	1,500
Building equipment contractors	250	6.1	1.01×About typical	2,227	$53,027	372
Landscaping services	247	6	1.71×More than typical	2,408	$41,356	1,372
Building finishing contractors	243	5.9	1.55×More than typical	894	$41,235	1,092
Offices of other health practitioners	243	5.9	0.97×About typical	1,293	$50,159	683

Rank places for an industry Open Marion County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 412,300 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $330 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ocala Estates, Florida: $0.19 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $330
Per resident: $0.19; US $1,994
Sole-source: 12%; US 30%
Single offer: 88%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$330100%

Top recipients

MOBILE TECHS LLC$29088%
CUMBERLAND INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS, INC.$39.8012%

Spending by fiscal year

276.5FY2017
218.4FY2018
1.3KFY2019
-587.7FY2020
12.7FY2022
136.2FY2023
5.3FY2024
329.7FY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Ocala Estates, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Ocala Estates, Florida's figures are part of those of Marion County, FL ($12.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ocala Estates is mostly in Marion County.

See federal money in Marion County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ocala Estates, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Marion County23100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Ocala, FL18

Other cities and towns in Marion County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Ocala Estates, Florida five years ago that improved