Ocala EstatesFL
A town of 1,705.
Is Ocala Estates a good place to live?
Ocala Estates’ best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Ocala Estates, against 11% in Florida’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 18 of Florida’s 776 towns score lower on walkability. Ocala Estates's public schools trail 87% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Only 6 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on the outdoors. Ocala Estates has 1 place on the National Register. Ocala Estates has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Ocala Estates for work
Where Ocala Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Ocala Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Ocala Estates is from typical.
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Moving to Ocala Estates: who provides what
Ocala Estates is unincorporated, so Marion 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ocala Estates.
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, more of Ocala Estates’ adults report frequent mental distress
75% of adults had a checkup this year in Ocala Estates, below both the Florida town median (79%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). In Ocala Estates, 23% of adults say their health is fair or poor. Against the Florida average, Ocala Estates comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 17. Two figures for adults in the town: 31% worry about having enough food, 44% sleep under 7 hours.
| Ocala Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Ocala Estates | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.5% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.9% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 30.6% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ocala Estates has 0.0 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Ocala Estates: 0.4% of working residents work locally. The median commute is under 18 miles. The top destinations are Ocala (25%), Orlando (3%) and Jacksonville (2%).
| Ocala Estates | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Ocala Estates, with inland flooding at the top
36% of Ocala Estates’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 36%. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 2 claims in the town since 2008.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Ocala Estates’ year
The peak summer temperature for Ocala Estates comes to 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ocala Estates. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Stadium & arenaBen Hill Griffin Stadium
30 mi National forestOcala National Forest
15 mi Ancient siteDevil's Den
15 mi Zoo & aquariumSilver Springs
26 mi State parkPaynes Prairie
30 mi MuseumFlorida Museum of Natural History200K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: The original uploader was Hughs at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ocala National Forest: Sandra Friend, Public domain · Devil's Den: Eric Beach, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Silver Springs: NeilEvans, Public domain · Paynes Prairie: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florida Museum of Natural History: WillMcC, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Ocala Estates
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ocala Estates
About 4 of every 100 Ocala Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Ocala Estates
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Ocala Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Marion County, Florida, United States. It is 11 miles (18 km) west of Ocala, the county seat. Ocala Estates was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 2,991. It is part of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Elevation
- 69 ft
Questions about Ocala Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ocala Estates, FL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.