It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ocklawaha has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ocklawaha has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ocklawaha than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ocklawaha may be for you.
One downside of living in Ocklawaha, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.44 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Ocklawaha does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Ocklawaha with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.51% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ocklawaha in 2022 was $21,894, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,576 for a family of four.
Ocklawaha is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ocklawaha home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocklawaha residents report their race to be White. Ocklawaha also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.74% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocklawaha include English, German, Irish, Polish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Ocklawaha is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
