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Okeechobee, FL 34972 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 34972: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Okeechobee, FL 34972

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Basinger, FL 34972

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ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Okeechobee County
Centroid: Latitude 27.325, Longitude -80.849
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 34972 has segments in 3 Counties (Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie).

Businesses Addresses: 588
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 5,918

Multi-Family Addresses: 181
Single Family Addresses: 5,737

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Database updated: August 1, 2018, Maps updated: August 1, 2018.

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Okeechobee, FL 34972 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2018)

POPULATION
Total Population	21,023
Population in Households	18,221
Population in Familes	14,927
Population in Group Qrtrs	2,802
Population Density¹	24
Diversity Index²	76

INCOME
Median Household Income	$37,725
Average Household Income	$53,078
Per Capita Income	$17,109

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	7,230 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	3,635 (50.3%)
Renter Occupied HU	2,315 (32.0%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,280 (17.7%)
Median Home Value	$100,226
Average Home Value	$157,971

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	5,950
Average Household Size	3.06
Family Households	4,345
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.43%	0.54%
Households	0.22%	0.62%
Families	0.15%	0.58%
Median Household Income		1.72%
Per Capita Income		2.16%

Okeechobee, FL 34972 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 34972 to the other 970 ZIP Codes in Florida by rank and percentile using July 1, 2018 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.