Ocala vs Silver Springs Shores

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

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

Ocala has the higher population (64,903 vs 27,556 in Silver Springs Shores). Silver Springs Shores has the higher median household income ($60,543 vs $53,520 in Ocala). Ocala has the higher median home value ($219,900 vs $181,800 in Silver Springs Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
Population	64,903	27,556
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,520	$60,543
Median home value	$219,900	$181,800
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,231
Housing units	29,151	10,959
Homeownership rate	50.4%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
Population	59,267 → 64,903 (+9.5%)	9,031 → 27,556 (+205.1%)
Median household income	$41,755 → $53,520 (+28.2%)	$35,282 → $60,543 (+71.6%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $219,900 (+54.6%)	$83,700 → $181,800 (+117.2%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,230 (+33.4%)	$928 → $1,231 (+32.7%)

Ocala

Population

59,26764,903

Median household income

$41,755$53,520

Median home value

$142,200$219,900

Median gross rent

$922$1,230

Silver Springs Shores

Population

9,03127,556

Median household income

$35,282$60,543

Median home value

$83,700$181,800

Median gross rent

$928$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.3%
75 and over	9.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	44.2%
Black or African American	18.7%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
No high school diploma	8.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
Drove alone	77.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
1-unit, detached	51.2%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ocala	Silver Springs Shores
Poverty rate	18.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1983	1994