Lake Kerr vs Ocklawaha

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

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

Ocklawaha has the higher population (1,966 vs 1,767 in Lake Kerr). Lake Kerr has the higher median household income ($43,472 vs $35,255 in Ocklawaha). Ocklawaha has the higher median home value ($184,600 vs $118,800 in Lake Kerr).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
Population	1,767	1,966
Median age	61.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,472	$35,255
Median home value	$118,800	$184,600
Median gross rent	$607	$1,402
Housing units	1,558	1,146
Homeownership rate	93.4%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	19.6%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
Population	1,851 → 1,767 (-4.5%)	1,504 → 1,966 (+30.7%)
Median household income	$38,938 → $43,472 (+11.6%)	$23,872 → $35,255 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $118,800 (+20.0%)	$124,400 → $184,600 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $607 (-17.2%)	$969 → $1,402 (+44.7%)

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

Ocklawaha

Population

1,5041,966

Median household income

$23,872$35,255

Median home value

$124,400$184,600

Median gross rent

$969$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
Under 5	1.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	2.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	21.5%	4.8%
75 and over	23.1%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
No high school diploma	12.4%	25.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
Drove alone	74.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	4.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
1-unit, detached	54.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.1%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Kerr	Ocklawaha
Poverty rate	20.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	44	33
Median year structure built	1976	1972