Brookridge is a

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(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 in ...

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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 controlled-access toll road near the Florida Gulf Coast. Maintained and operated by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, this transportation corridor ext ...

(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, with its termini at SR 55 ( US 19) at Weeki Wachee and SR 5 ( U.S. Route 1) in Titusville. SR 50 is signed east–west. Within various counti ...

by Spring Hill, and to the west by High Point. SR 589 leads south to

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and north to its terminus at

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near Sugarmill Woods. SR 50 leads east to Brooksville, the Hernando County seat, and west to

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at Weeki Wachee. According to the

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, the Brookridge CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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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%

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, 0.15%

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, 0.09% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.21% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races.

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or Latino 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

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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

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for the CDP was $18,122. About 4.2% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the

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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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