Okeechobee vs Taylor Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Okeechobee and Taylor Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Okeechobee and Taylor Creek are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Okeechobee has the higher population (5,376 vs 4,493 in Taylor Creek). Okeechobee has the higher median household income ($50,365 vs $37,281 in Taylor Creek). Okeechobee has the higher median home value ($187,400 vs $108,200 in Taylor Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
Population	5,376	4,493
Median age	37.7 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,365	$37,281
Median home value	$187,400	$108,200
Median gross rent	$1,008	$985
Housing units	1,983	2,866
Homeownership rate	66.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
Population	5,724 → 5,376 (-6.1%)	4,010 → 4,493 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$41,570 → $50,365 (+21.2%)	$36,250 → $37,281 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $187,400 (+64.8%)	$85,200 → $108,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,008 (+30.1%)	$788 → $985 (+25.0%)

Okeechobee

Population

5,7245,376

Median household income

$41,570$50,365

Median home value

$113,700$187,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,008

Taylor Creek

Population

4,0104,493

Median household income

$36,250$37,281

Median home value

$85,200$108,200

Median gross rent

$788$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
Under 5	7.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	1.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	6.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	20.6%
75 and over	11.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	68.3%
Black or African American	16.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
No high school diploma	18.9%	22.7%
High school graduate	30.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
Drove alone	78.9%	68.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	20.8%
Public transit	5.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.5%
Other means	1.8%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
1-unit, detached	66.7%	31.5%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	62.9%

Poverty & households

	Okeechobee	Taylor Creek
Poverty rate	23.3%	20.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1978	1984