Is Citrus Hills a good place to live?
Several subjects drag its grade down. Where it falls short is cost of living (D) — the typical home is worth about $437K, 7.7 years of the Homosassa Springs metro’s $57K median household income. Citrus Hills’s overall grade is D, better than 14% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 514th of 634 in Florida. Hazard risk is weaker too — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Its standout strength is health: residents are healthier than 66% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Incomes are another plus (B+): the median household earns $86K.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index.
How Citrus Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Citrus Hills is from typical.
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Citrus Hills has grown 25% from 2010 to 2020
7,470 counted in 2010 and 9,302 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Citrus Hills.
Citrus Hills has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than Pine Ridge and its other neighbors, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
56% of residents are 65 or older
Among residents in Citrus Hills, 6.7% are under 18. College graduates make up 39% of adults 25 and older, against 34% across Florida. Citrus Hills’ age of the median resident stands at 67 years.
| Citrus Hills | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 56% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 6.7% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 67 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.6 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 66.9, men 67.2.
| Citrus Hills | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2.3% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.3% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 3.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.1% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 27.5% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 28.3% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.1% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.8% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.5% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.4% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Very high risk in Citrus Hills, with hurricanes at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Citrus Hills, 76% come from hurricanes and 16% from inland flooding. One declared disaster, in 2024, has brought federal aid to Citrus Hills households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Citrus Hills work out of town
The average commute for its 2,476 working residents takes 21.1 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
The top destinations are Inverness (13%), Ocala (6%) and Lecanto (4%). For Citrus Hills, the average trip to work is 21 minutes. Employers in Citrus Hills added 121 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 783. The share of residents in Citrus Hills who live below the poverty line: 5.9%.
| Citrus Hills | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Citrus Hills earns a B+ for health
That grade tops all 3 graded neighbors; Pine Ridge (B−) comes closest.
46% of adults have high blood pressure in Citrus Hills. Against the Florida average, Citrus Hills comes out ahead on 15 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 8. Among adults locally, 86% had a checkup this year and 12% report frequent mental distress.
| Citrus Hills | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 15% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 86% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Citrus Hills | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.2% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 16.9% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Citrus Hills
The Inverness 3 Se weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 112 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. The Inverness 3 Se weather station, 9 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 279 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 86% of Florida places with climate records.
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 45° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Open space protected for good: 0.2% of Citrus Hills
Just 13 of its 6,189 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Citrus Hills itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.7 miles of trail.
| Citrus Hills | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Citrus Hills sell for about $365K
At 7.7 years of the Homosassa Springs metro’s $57K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 88% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
92% of Citrus Hills households live in a home they own. On the market in the town: a median 89 days to sell. For Citrus Hills, the going rate for rent is $1,527 a month.
| Citrus Hills | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,527 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Citrus Hills
Moving to Citrus Hills: who provides what
Citrus Hills is unincorporated, so Citrus County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
96% of working residents leave Citrus Hills for work
Where Citrus Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Citrus Hills; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Citrus Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Citrus Hills
Census-designated place in Florida, US
Citrus Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 9,302 at the 2020 census, up from 7,470 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The CDP takes its name from The Villages of Citrus Hills, a master-planned community first developed by Gerald Nash and Sam Tamposi in the 1970s. (Although sharing a similar name with The Villages, the well-known giant Central Florida retirement community, the two developments are not related.)
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 9.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 115 ft
- Area code
- 941
Citrus Hills’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Citrus Hills.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Lecanto (D) comes closest.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Hills | #514 | D | D | — | C | B+ |
| Hernando | #600 | D− | C+ | — | C | C |
| Pine Ridge | #572 | D | D | — | C | B− |
| Lecanto | #516 | D | C+ | — | C | C+ |
Citrus Hills, Hernando, Pine Ridge and Lecanto report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Citrus Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Citrus Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Citrus Hills, FL a good place to live?
Citrus Hills grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #514 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Citrus Hills, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $437,000, 16% above the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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