Ocala Estates vs Silver Springs

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

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

Silver Springs has the higher population (2,640 vs 2,347 in Ocala Estates). Ocala Estates has the higher median household income ($47,895 vs $32,228 in Silver Springs). Since 2019, Silver Springs's population has grown faster (-21.4% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
Population	2,347	2,640
Median age	41.1 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,895	$32,228
Median gross rent	$806	$1,143
Housing units	723	1,535
Homeownership rate	68.5%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
Population	3,427 → 2,347 (-31.5%)	3,359 → 2,640 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$31,094 → $47,895 (+54.0%)	$32,786 → $32,228 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $61,400 (+32.3%)	$14,400 → $28,800 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $806 (+10.7%)	$880 → $1,143 (+29.9%)

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

Silver Springs

Population

3,3592,640

Median household income

$32,786$32,228

Median home value

$14,400$28,800

Median gross rent

$880$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
Under 5	3.9%	12.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	23.8%	22.8%
35 to 44	18.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.5%	9.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.3%
75 and over	1.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	42.3%
Black or African American	7.8%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	32.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	47.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
Drove alone	78.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	19.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.5%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	14.0%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	44.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	80.5%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Ocala Estates	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	22.7%	28.5%
Average household size	2.54	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1982	1984