For population 25 years and over in Williston Highlands:
High school or higher: 77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
Unemployed: 9.9%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 33.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Williston Highlands CDP:
Never married: 17.4%
Now married: 63.6%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 5.4%
Divorced: 12.3%
24 residents are foreign born
This place:
1.7%
Florida:
16.7%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $428 (0.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $198 (0.4%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Gainesville, FL (26.0 miles , pop. 95,447).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Jacksonville, FL (86.2 miles , pop. 735,617).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (773.4 miles , pop. 1,953,631).
Williston Highlands-area historical tornado activity is near Florida state average. It is 39% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 12/31/1975, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 27.9 miles away from the Williston Highlands place center killed one personand injured 26 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
On 4/9/1983, a category F3 tornado 35.0 miles away from the place center killed 3 peopleand injured 2 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Levy County (18) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 13 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Hurricanes: 5, Fires: 4, Storms: 4, Tropical Storms: 3, Winds: 2, Tornadoes: 2, Freeze: 1, Hurricane: 1, Tornado: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Williston Highlands:
TRI COUNTY HOSPITAL - WILLISTON (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 4 miles away; WILLISTON, FL)
VA NORTH FLORIDA/SOUTH GEORGIA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - (Acute Care - Veterans Administration, Government Federal, about 22 miles away; GAINESVILLE, FL)
MUNROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 25 miles away; OCALA, FL)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Williston Highlands:
Central Florida Community College (about 25 miles; Ocala, FL; Full-time enrollment: 3,440)
University of Florida (about 25 miles; Gainesville, FL; FT enrollment: 43,960)
Santa Fe College (about 26 miles; Gainesville, FL; FT enrollment: 6,616)
Saint Johns River Community College (about 56 miles; Palatka, FL; FT enrollment: 2,249)
Saint Leo University (about 71 miles; Saint Leo, FL; FT enrollment: 8,783)
Pasco-Hernando Community College (about 74 miles; New Port Richey, FL; FT enrollment: 4,159)
Stetson University (about 78 miles; DeLand, FL; FT enrollment: 3,258)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 25.2. This is better than average.
City:
25.2
U.S.:
32.0
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 24.0. This is about average.Closest monitor was 20.7 miles away from the city center.
City:
24.0
U.S.:
28.3
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 7.27. This is better than average.Closest monitor was 23.9 miles away from the city center.
City:
7.27
U.S.:
9.59
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 26.5%
(25.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 75.6% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.4 people
Florida:
2.5 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
66.6%
Whole state:
67.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
5.2%
Whole state:
5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Williston Highlands (based on Levy County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 33.83%
Here
33.8%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
United Methodist Church
Catholic Church
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Churches of Christ
Adherents
62.2%
11.4%
5.8%
5.5%
5.3%
Congregations
26.0%
16.0%
6.0%
10.0%
18.0%
Name
Assemblies of God
LDS (Mormon) Church
Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Other
Adherents
2.9%
2.3%
1.9%
1.3%
1.5%
Congregations
6.0%
2.0%
6.0%
4.0%
6.0%
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.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 8
Levy County:
2.05 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:
0.26 / 10,000 pop.
Florida:
0.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 9
This county:
2.31 / 10,000 pop.
Florida:
1.28 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 26
Levy County:
6.67 / 10,000 pop.
Florida:
3.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 23
This county:
5.90 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.45 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Levy County:
10.7%
Florida:
9.2%
Adult obesity rate:
Levy County:
28.0%
State:
23.7%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
14.2%
State:
14.0%
11.02% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,069 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
11.02%
Florida average:
8.71%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
#4 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores"
#10 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Other health and personal care stores"
#29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest maximum monthly morning or afternoon humidity"
#33 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers"
#39 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Legal support workers"
#44 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Personal care and service occupations:"
#47 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations"
#58 (32696) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Other Arab first ancestries"
