Ocklawaha vs Silver Springs Shores East

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

Ocklawaha and Silver Springs Shores East 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 1,224 in Silver Springs Shores East). Silver Springs Shores East has the higher median household income ($61,750 vs $35,255 in Ocklawaha). Silver Springs Shores East has the higher median home value ($226,900 vs $184,600 in Ocklawaha).

Population, income & housing

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
Population	1,966	1,224
Median age	41.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,255	$61,750
Median home value	$184,600	$226,900
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,895
Housing units	1,146	490
Homeownership rate	66.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
Population	1,504 → 1,966 (+30.7%)	1,043 → 1,224 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$23,872 → $35,255 (+47.7%)	$51,968 → $61,750 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $184,600 (+48.4%)	$163,400 → $226,900 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,402 (+44.7%)	—

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 Shores East

Population

1,0431,224

Median household income

$51,968$61,750

Median home value

$163,400$226,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
Under 5	4.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	22.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	4.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	19.8%
75 and over	19.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	70.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	16.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
No high school diploma	25.7%	12.6%
High school graduate	25.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
Drove alone	87.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	26.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
1-unit, detached	76.8%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocklawaha	Silver Springs Shores East
Poverty rate	18.6%	37.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1972	2003