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Okeechobee, FL (Florida) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $188,562 (it was $71,600 in 2000)
Okeechobee:

$188,562
Florida:

$354,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $106,683 - $259,916

Total population: 5,553 (Urban population: 5,273 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 11 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 2,220 (2,027 occupied: 1,243 owner occupied, 827 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

40%
State:

33%

Housing density: 538 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $200,398.

Median contract rent in 2022: $872 (lower quartile is $720, upper quartile is $945)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $914


Median gross rent in Okeechobee, FL in 2022: $1,078

Housing units in Okeechobee with a mortgage: 550 (52 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $63,252

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $44,382

Median monthly housing costs: $927

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Okeechobee, Florida Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1979

Median year apartment built: 1982

Household type by relationship:

Households: 5,469
  • Male householders: 916 (234 living alone), Female householders: 1,099 (341 living alone)
  • 944 spouses (930 opposite-sex spouses), 74 unmarried partners, (74 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,593 children (1,434 natural, 63 adopted, 95 stepchildren), 141 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 0 foster children, 87 other relatives, 123 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 381

Size of family households: 694 2-persons, 141 3-persons, 341 4-persons, 218 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 587 1-person, 42 2-persons, 12 4-persons.

683 married couples with children.
361 single-parent households (107 men, 254 women).

80.1% of residents of Okeechobee speak English at home.
15.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 584 (10.7%)
(60.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

5.9
State:

5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.1
State:

4.2

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Okeechobee, Florida
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Okeechobee, Florida
  • 0no bedroom
  • 301 bedroom
  • 4342 bedrooms
  • 5893 bedrooms
  • 1914 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Okeechobee, Florida
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Okeechobee, Florida
  • 26no bedroom
  • 1551 bedroom
  • 3662 bedrooms
  • 2453 bedrooms
  • 354 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Okeechobee in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Okeechobee in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 41no vehicle
  • 4271 vehicle
  • 4312 vehicles
  • 1573 vehicles
  • 714 vehicles
  • 1165+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Okeechobee in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Okeechobee in renter-occupied apartments
  • 40no vehicle
  • 6401 vehicle
  • 1222 vehicles
  • 253 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Okeechobee, Florida
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Okeechobee, Florida
  • 01 room
  • 202 rooms
  • 743 rooms
  • 914 rooms
  • 2745 rooms
  • 4556 rooms
  • 1557 rooms
  • 528 rooms
  • 1239+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Okeechobee, Florida
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Okeechobee, Florida
  • 261 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 2293 rooms
  • 2624 rooms
  • 1855 rooms
  • 716 rooms
  • 197 rooms
  • 358 rooms
  • 09+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Okeechobee, FL
Okeechobee city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Okeechobee, FL household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Okeechobee, FL in 2022
  • 179Less than $10,000
  • 67$10,000 to $19,999
  • 151$20,000 to $29,999
  • 415$30,000 to $39,999
  • 285$40,000 to $49,999
  • 327$50,000 to $59,999
  • 170$60,000 to $74,999
  • 102$75,000 to $99,999
  • 89$100,000 to $124,999
  • 120$125,000 to $149,999
  • 139$150,000 to $199,999
  • 23$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Okeechobee, FL

  • Distribution of house value in Okeechobee, FL in 2022
  • 41Less than $10,000
  • 12$10,000 to $14,999
  • 30$15,000 to $19,999
  • 9$25,000 to $29,999
  • 49$40,000 to $49,999
  • 25$50,000 to $59,999
  • 20$60,000 to $69,999
  • 18$70,000 to $79,999
  • 79$80,000 to $89,999
  • 54$90,000 to $99,999
  • 51$100,000 to $124,999
  • 41$125,000 to $149,999
  • 128$150,000 to $174,999
  • 77$175,000 to $199,999
  • 108$200,000 to $249,999
  • 65$250,000 to $299,999
  • 88$300,000 to $399,999
  • 53$400,000 to $499,999
  • 25$500,000 to $749,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Okeechobee, FL

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Okeechobee, FL in 2022
  • 32Less than $100
  • 58$500 to $549
  • 9$550 to $599
  • 130$650 to $699
  • 68$700 to $749
  • 30$750 to $799
  • 230$800 to $899
  • 99$900 to $999
  • 16$1,000 to $1,249
  • 47No cash rent
Work and jobs in Okeechobee: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 87.1%
Number of people working at home: 118 (4.7% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 325
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 653
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 396
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 250
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 153
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 93
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 135
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 34
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 0
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 27
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 218
  • 90 or more minutes: 15
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Okeechobee

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 4,974 (77.1%)
  • Carpooled: 974 (15.1%)
  • Taxi: 102 (1.6%)
  • Worked at home: 118 (1.8%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 11.7%Males
  • 0.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 13.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 9.1%Males
Races in Okeechobee detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Okeechobee, Florida
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Okeechobee, Florida
  • 902010 or later
  • 1022000 to 2009
  • 741990 to 1999
  • 1361980 to 1989
  • 311970 to 1979
  • 44Before 1970
Ancestries in Okeechobee, FL

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 365 (14.0%)
  • English: 316 (12.1%)
  • Irish: 184 (7.1%)
  • Italian: 146 (5.6%)
  • German: 128 (4.9%)
  • French Canadian: 45 (1.7%)
  • French: 26 (1.0%)
  • Haitian: 14 (0.5%)
  • Polish: 13 (0.5%)
  • Eastern European: 12 (0.5%)
  • European: 11 (0.4%)
  • Hungarian: 11 (0.4%)
  • Scandinavian: 11 (0.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 11 (0.4%)
  • Welsh: 4 (0.2%)
  • African: 3 (0.1%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Venezuela
Okeechobee:

34.9% (204)
Florida:

5.7% (262,042)

Mexico
Okeechobee:

18.5% (108)
Florida:

5.6% (257,152)

Cuba
Okeechobee:

12.2% (71)
Florida:

22.0% (1,006,576)

Philippines
Okeechobee:

10.3% (60)
Florida:

1.8% (84,403)

Bangladesh
Okeechobee:

5.5% (32)
Florida:

0.3% (13,053)

Nepal
Okeechobee:

5.0% (29)
Florida:

0.0% (1,511)

Honduras
Okeechobee:

4.1% (24)
Florida:

2.3% (107,160)

Guatemala
Okeechobee:

3.3% (19)
Florida:

2.1% (97,632)

Haiti
Okeechobee:

2.4% (14)
Florida:

7.5% (342,375)

Hungary
Okeechobee:

1.9% (11)
Florida:

0.2% (9,122)

Canada
Okeechobee:

1.7% (10)
Florida:

2.4% (109,132)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 3,069
  • Other state: 1,589
  • Northeast: 358
  • Midwest: 462
  • South: 723
  • West: 38

94.6% of Okeechobee residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26.5% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 76.1% lived in Florida.


Okeechobee:

94.6%
State average:

86.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 21
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 39
  • 5th and 6th grade: 25
  • 7th and 8th grade: 9
  • 9th grade: 68
  • 10th grade: 82
  • 11th grade: 51
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 147
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 570
  • Less than 1 year of college: 73
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 289
  • Associate degree: 70
  • Bachelor's degree: 288
  • Master's degree: 275
  • Professional school degree: 28
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 10
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 7
  • 7th and 8th grade: 16
  • 9th grade: 33
  • 10th grade: 42
  • 11th grade: 18
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 80
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 533
  • Less than 1 year of college: 235
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 225
  • Associate degree: 228
  • Bachelor's degree: 365
  • Master's degree: 24
  • Professional school degree: 48
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Females
Okeechobee marital status for males
Okeechobee marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 1,311
  • One, attached: 127
  • Two: 76
  • 3 or 4: 324
  • 5 to 9: 52
  • 10 to 19: 33
  • 20 to 49: 5
  • Mobile homes: 289
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 2.2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.2%

House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago

Renter moved in on average 6 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Okeechobee
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Okeechobee, FL
  • 99.2%Electricity
  • 0.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Okeechobee, FL
  • 75.7%Electricity
  • 24.3%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 99
Here:

16.2%
Florida:

15.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
Here:

7.5%
Florida:

12.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 80
Here:

48.5%
Florida:

23.6%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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