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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

Acceptable Alternative

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: 583
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 5,905

Multi-Family Addresses: 174
Single Family Addresses: 5,731

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

34972 ZIP Code Map

Okeechobee, FL 34972 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	20,274
Daytime Population: Workers	7,411
Daytime Population: Residents	12,526
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	19,937
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.98
Population in Households	17,740
Population in Familes	14,607
Population in Group Qrtrs	2,534
Population Density²	22
Diversity Index³	76

INCOME
Median Household Income	$34,821
Average Household Income	$49,476
Per Capita Income	$15,972

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	7,038 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	3,622 (51.5%)
Renter Occupied HU	2,121 (30.1%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,295 (18.4%)
Median Home Value	$103,668
Average Home Value	$148,882

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	5,743
Average Household Size	3.09
Family Households	4,202
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
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	0.0%	-0.02%
Households	-0.19%	-0.09%
Families	-0.25%	-0.13%
Median Household Income		0.49%
Per Capita Income		2.47%

Okeechobee, FL 34972 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 34972 to the other 967 ZIP Codes in Florida by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 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.