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Orange County

Population in July 2007: 6,672.
Males: 3,243  (48.6%)
Females: 3,429  (51.4%)

Median resident age:  37.0 years
Florida median age:  38.7 years

Zip codes: 32809.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,510 (it was $36,791 in 2000)
Sky Lake:  $45,510
Florida:  $47,804

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $22,705
Sky Lake:  $22,705
Florida:  $26,696

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $213,704 (it was $81,500 in 2000)
Sky Lake:  $213,704
Florida:  $230,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $206,223; Detached houses: $215,896; Townhouses or other attached units: $75,145; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $141,992; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $90,317

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Races in Sky Lake:

  • White Non-Hispanic (48.2%)
  • Hispanic (34.7%)
  • Black (12.3%)
  • Other race (9.3%)
  • Two or more races (5.1%)
  • American Indian (1.3%)
  • Asian Indian (1.2%)
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Sky Lake: 89.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (12.3%), Irish (12.0%), English (8.3%), West Indian (5.7%), United States (4.6%), French (2.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 100 feet

Land area: 1.26 square miles.

Population density: 5294 people per square mile 
 
  (average).

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For population 25 years and over in Sky Lake

  • High school or higher: 72.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
  • Unemployed: 7.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sky Lake CDP

  • Never married: 28.5%
  • Now married: 50.3%
  • Separated: 1.2%
  • Widowed: 7.8%
  • Divorced: 12.2%

1,263 residents are foreign born (18.3% Latin America).

This place:  22.4%
Florida:  16.7%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Sky Lake:  1.1% ($915)
Florida:  1.4% ($1,262)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Orlando, FL (5.1 miles , pop. 185,951).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Tampa, FL (73.7 miles , pop. 303,447).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (849.8 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Pine Castle, FL (1.1 miles ), Oak Ridge, FL (1.4 miles ), Edgewood, FL (1.5 miles ), Belle Isle, FL (1.6 miles ), Taft, FL (1.6 miles ), Holden Heights, FL (1.7 miles ), Tangelo Park, FL (1.8 miles ), Conway, FL (2.1 miles ).

Latitude: 28.46 N, Longitude: 81.39 W

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (16%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Personal and laundry services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (20%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)



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Sky Lake-area historical tornado activity is above Florida state average. It is 117% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/19/1981, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 3.2 miles away from the Sky Lake place center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 2/22/1998, a category 3 tornado 12.2 miles away from the place center killed 3 people and injured 70 people and caused $15 million in damages.



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Hospitals/medical centers near Sky Lake:
  • ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; ORLANDO, FL)
  • FLORIDA HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; ORLANDO, FL)
  • LAKSIDE ALTERNATIVES HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; ORLANDO, FL)

Amtrak stations near Sky Lake:
  • 5 miles: ORLANDO (1400 SLIGH BLVD.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 9 miles: LAKE BUENA VISTA (12521 RTE. 535) - Bus Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible.
  • 10 miles: WINTER PARK (150 W. MORSE BLVD.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sky Lake:
  • VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; ORLANDO, FL; Full-time enrollment: 15,792)
  • ROLLINS COLLEGE (about 10 miles; WINTER PARK, FL; FT enrollment: 2,899)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (about 11 miles; ORLANDO, FL; FT enrollment: 26,717)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-ORLANDO CAMPUS (about 12 miles; MAITLAND, FL; FT enrollment: 3,992)
  • SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles; SANFORD, FL; FT enrollment: 5,261)
  • POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles; WINTER HAVEN, FL; FT enrollment: 3,028)
  • BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE-COCOA CAMPUS (about 41 miles; COCOA, FL; FT enrollment: 7,277)

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Churches in Sky Lake include: Pine Castle United Methodist Church (A), Sky Lake Baptist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.9 people
Florida:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  75.1%
Whole state:  66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.6%
Whole state:  5.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.7% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  12.9%
Whole state:  12.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  4.3%
Whole state:  5.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sky Lake, FL


4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters


Sky Lake compared to Florida state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Orange County Florida:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (51%)
  • Electricity (48%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Religion statistics for Sky Lake

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchAssemblies of GodPresbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents32.9%20.5%8.3%6.2%4.1%
Congregations3.8%13.5%8.5%6.0%4.0%
NameSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchEpiscopal ChurchChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)International Pentecostal Holiness ChurchOther religions
Adherents3.4%2.5%1.7%1.6%18.9%
Congregations5.8%3.0%4.8%1.6%49.2%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


10.87% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,379 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.87%
Florida average:  8.71%

0.31% of residents moved from foreign countries ($536 average AGI)
Orange County:  0.31%
Florida average:  0.22%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Seminole County, FL  1.66% ($39,074 average AGI)
from Osceola County, FL  0.86% ($32,307)
from Lake County, FL  0.37% ($43,093)


10.12% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($40,218 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.12%
Florida average:  7.73%

0.20% of residents moved to foreign countries ($399 average AGI)
Orange County:  0.20%
Florida average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Seminole County, FL  1.82% ($39,984 average AGI)
to Osceola County, FL  1.02% ($32,963)
to Lake County, FL  0.65% ($46,482)


Strongest AM radio stations in Sky Lake:
  • WIXL (1190 AM; 5 kW; PINE CASTLE-SKY LAKE, FL; Owner: GENESIS COMMUNICATIONS I, INC.)
  • WDYZ (990 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WHOO (1080 AM; daytime; 35 kW; KISSIMMEE, FL; Owner: GENESIS COMMUNICATIONS I, INC.)
  • WTLN (950 AM; 12 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: TM2, INC.)
  • WQTM (740 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WONQ (1030 AM; 45 kW; OVIEDO, FL; Owner: FLORIDA BROADCASTERS)
  • WRLZ (1270 AM; 5 kW; EATONVILLE, FL; Owner: RADIO LUZ, INC.)
  • WDBO (580 AM; 5 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WRMQ (1140 AM; 5 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: FLORIDA BROADCASTERS)
  • WLAA (1680 AM; 10 kW; WINTER GARDEN, FL; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WIXC (1060 AM; 50 kW; TITUSVILLE, FL; Owner: GENESIS COMMUNICATIONS I, INC.)
  • WPRD (1440 AM; 5 kW; WINTER PARK, FL; Owner: J & V COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sky Lake:
  • WMMO (98.9 FM; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WXXL (106.7 FM; TAVARES, FL; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WLOQ (103.1 FM; WINTER PARK, FL; Owner: GROSS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WJRR (101.1 FM; COCOA BEACH, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSHE (100.3 FM; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTKS-FM (104.1 FM; COCOA BEACH, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WOMX-FM (105.1 FM; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WHTQ (96.5 FM; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WWKA (92.3 FM; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WPOZ (88.3 FM; UNION PARK, FL; Owner: CENTRAL FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WPCV (97.5 FM; WINTER HAVEN, FL; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WMGF (107.7 FM; MOUNT DORA, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WUCF-FM (89.9 FM; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA)
  • WOCL (105.9 FM; DELAND, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WPYO (95.3 FM; APOPKA, FL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WMFE-FM (90.7 FM; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCFB (94.5 FM; DAYTONA BEACH, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WJHM (101.9 FM; DAYTONA BEACH, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WLAZ (89.1 FM; KISSIMMEE, FL; Owner: CAGUAS EDUCATIONAL TV, INC.)
  • WWKQ (88.7 FM; CLERMONT, FL; Owner: HISPANIC BROADCAST SYSTEM, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Sky Lake:
  • WZXZ-CA (Channel 11; ORLANDO, ETC., FL; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
  • WOKB-LP (Channel 7; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WRCF-LP (Channel 29; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CHARLES S. NAMEY)
  • WFOL-LP (Channel 4; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: NATIVE COUNTRY B/CING. CORPORATION)
  • WFTV (Channel 9; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: WFTV-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WKMG-TV (Channel 6; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS ORLANDO, INC.)
  • WACX (Channel 55; LEESBURG, FL; Owner: ASSOCIATED CHRISTIAN TELEVISION SYSTEM, INC.)
  • WKCF (Channel 18; CLERMONT, FL; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WLCB-TV (Channel 45; LEESBURG, FL; Owner: GOOD LIFE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRBW (Channel 65; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • WOFL (Channel 35; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
  • WRDQ (Channel 27; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: WFTV-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WMFE-TV (Channel 24; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WESH (Channel 2; DAYTONA BEACH, FL; Owner: ORLANDO HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
  • W21AU (Channel 21; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CENTRAL BROADCAST COMPANY)
  • WVCI-LP (Channel 16; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WTGL-TV (Channel 52; COCOA, FL; Owner: GOOD LIFE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WPXG-LP (Channel 31; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTOF-LP (Channel 22; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CHARLES S. NAMEY)
  • WBCC (Channel 68; COCOA, FL; Owner: BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WOPX (Channel 56; MELBOURNE, FL; Owner: PAXSON ORLANDO LICENSE, INC.)
  • WTMO-LP (Channel 40; KISSIMMEE, FL; Owner: ZGS BROADCASTING OF ORLANDO, INC.)
  • WXXU-LP (Channel 12; ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WTWD-LP (Channel 16; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CHARLES NAMEY)
  • WVEN-TV (Channel 26; DAYTONA BEACH, FL; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 22 meters (72ft)
Total average daily traffic: 147,096
Total average daily truck traffic: 13,076


Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 2 partial tracts)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED2$202,60044$132,55293$142,14512$80,0592$4,222,36523$113,6110$0
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$09$209,78315$153,3572$50,6950$03$77,9670$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$029$145,58590$160,13615$77,1700$017$116,4621$37,520
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$202,66010$124,78835$158,1510$00$06$126,0621$91,270
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$03$212,57013$172,8850$00$02$109,6950$0
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Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0142.00 , 0143.02

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 2 partial tracts)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED20$170,4527$190,6393$156,307
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED4$138,8583$137,6371$130,670
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$01$56,5400$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$153,9100$01$79,500
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0142.00 , 0143.02

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