Ocklawaha vs Silver Springs

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

Ocklawaha 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 1,966 in Ocklawaha). Ocklawaha has the higher median household income ($35,255 vs $32,228 in Silver Springs). Since 2019, Ocklawaha's population has grown faster (+30.7% vs -21.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
Population	1,966	2,640
Median age	41.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,255	$32,228
Median home value	$184,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,143
Housing units	1,146	1,535
Homeownership rate	66.9%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
Population	1,504 → 1,966 (+30.7%)	3,359 → 2,640 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$23,872 → $35,255 (+47.7%)	$32,786 → $32,228 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $184,600 (+48.4%)	$14,400 → $28,800 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,402 (+44.7%)	$880 → $1,143 (+29.9%)

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

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)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
Under 5	4.9%	12.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	22.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.3%
75 and over	19.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	42.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
No high school diploma	25.7%	15.8%
High school graduate	25.1%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
Drove alone	87.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
1-unit, detached	76.8%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	44.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs
Poverty rate	18.6%	28.5%
Average household size	2.21	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1972	1984