North Brooksville is a
census-designated place (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 ...
,
Florida, United States. The population was 3,544 at the 2010 census.
It is a suburb included in the
.
Geography
North Brooksville is located in east-central Hernando County at (28.563392, -82.400677).
It borders the northwest, north, and northeast sides of the city of
Brooksville, the Hernando County seat.
U.S. Route 98
U.S. Route 98 (US 98) is an east–west United States Highway in the Southeastern United States that runs from western Mississippi to southern Florida. It was established in 1933 as a route between Pensacola and Apalachicola, Florida, and has sinc ...
runs through the western part of North Brooksville, leading south into Brooksville and northwest to
Homosassa Springs.
U.S. Route 41 crosses the central reach of North Brooksville, leading south into Brooksville and north to
Inverness
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.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.29%, are water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 1,461 people, 551 households, and 359 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 636 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the
CDP was 90.76%
White, 5.48%
African American, 0.55%
Native American, 0.75%
Asian, 0.27% from
other races, and 2.19% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 3.01% of the population.
There were 551 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $27,917, and the median income for a family was $37,455. Males had a median income of $24,728 versus $20,781 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $13,531. About 7.1% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 36.0% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Hernando County, Florida
Census-designated places in Florida