Ocklawaha is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 1,508 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ocklawaha is the 406th largest community in Florida.Unlike some towns, Ocklawaha isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ocklawaha are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ocklawaha is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ocklawaha who work in office and administrative support (15.23%), maintenance occupations (10.20%), and management occupations (8.19%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ocklawaha has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ocklawaha a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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.
