Lake Kerr vs Ocala Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Kerr and Ocala Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Kerr and Ocala Estates are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ocala Estates has the higher population (2,347 vs 1,767 in Lake Kerr). Ocala Estates has the higher median household income ($47,895 vs $43,472 in Lake Kerr). Since 2019, Lake Kerr's population has grown faster (-4.5% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
Population	1,767	2,347
Median age	61.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,472	$47,895
Median home value	$118,800	—
Median gross rent	$607	$806
Housing units	1,558	723
Homeownership rate	93.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
Population	1,851 → 1,767 (-4.5%)	3,427 → 2,347 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$38,938 → $43,472 (+11.6%)	$31,094 → $47,895 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $118,800 (+20.0%)	$46,400 → $61,400 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $607 (-17.2%)	$728 → $806 (+10.7%)

Lake Kerr

Population

1,8511,767

Median household income

$38,938$43,472

Median home value

$99,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$733$607

Ocala Estates

Population

3,4272,347

Median household income

$31,094$47,895

Median home value

$46,400$61,400

Median gross rent

$728$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
Under 5	1.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	2.8%	23.8%
35 to 44	7.8%	18.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	21.5%	5.5%
75 and over	23.1%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	44.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	43.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
No high school diploma	12.4%	32.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
Drove alone	74.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
1-unit, detached	54.0%	14.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.1%	80.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Kerr	Ocala Estates
Poverty rate	20.7%	22.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	44	25
Median year structure built	1976	1982