Brookridge is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Hernando County
Hernando County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 194,515. Its county seat is Brooksville, and its largest community is Spring Hill.
Hernando County is incl ...
,
Florida
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, United States. The population was 4,420 at the
2010 census,
up from 3,279 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Brookridge is located in central Hernando County at (28.548698, -82.490423).
It is bordered to the east by
Florida State Road 589
State Road 589 (SR 589), also known as the Veterans Expressway and Suncoast Parkway, is a north–south toll road near the Florida Gulf Coast. (the Suncoast Parkway), to the south across
Florida State Road 50
State Road 50 (SR 50) runs across the center of the U.S. state of Florida through Orlando, Florida, Orlando, with its termini at State Road 55 (Florida), SR 55 (U.S. Highway 19 (Florida), US 19) at Weeki Wachee, Florida, Weeki Wachee and State Ro ...
by
Spring Hill, and to the west by
High Point. SR 589 leads south to
Tampa
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and north to its terminus at
U.S. Route 98 near
Sugarmill Woods. SR 50 leads east to
Brooksville, the Hernando County seat, and west to
U.S. Route 19
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The highway's southern ...
at
Weeki Wachee
Weeki Wachee is an unincorporated community and former city located in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community has a total population of 16. The Weeki Wachee Preserve and the Weeki Wachee Springs park are ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Brookridge CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 3,279 people, 1,823 households, and 1,168 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,129 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.87%
White
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, 0.15%
African American
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, 0.09%
Native American, 0.18%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.21% from
other races
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, and 0.49% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 0.95% of the population.
There were 1,823 households, out of which 2.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were
married couples
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living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 29.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.76 and the average family size was 2.14.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 2.9% under the age of 18, 1.3% from 18 to 24, 5.4% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 71.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 72 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $24,774, and the median income for a family was $30,139. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $18,122. About 4.2% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including none of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Hernando County, Florida
Census-designated places in Florida