Citrus Hills is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

(CDP) in

Citrus County Citrus County is a county located on the northwest central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 153,843. Its county seat is Inverness, and its largest community is Homosassa Springs. Citrus County com ...

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, United States. The population was 9,302 at the 2020 census, up from 7,470 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

Homosassa Springs, Florida Homosassa Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 14,283 as of 2020, up from 13,791 at the 2010 census. Homosassa Springs is the principal community ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. The CDP takes its name from The Villages of Citrus Hills, a

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community first developed by Gerald Nash and Sam Tamposi in the 1970s. (Although sharing a similar name with

The Villages The Villages is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter, Marion, and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It forms the core of a broader master-planned, age-restricted community of the same name. Located in central Florida, approxi ...

, the well-known giant Central Florida retirement community, the two developments are not related.)

Geography

Citrus Hills is located northeast of the center of Citrus County at (28.886087, -82.423450). It is bordered by Pine Ridge to the north, Hernando to the northeast, Inverness Highlands North to the east, and Lecanto to the south and west. Citrus Hills is approximately northwest of

Inverness Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...

, the Citrus County seat. According to the

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, Citrus Hills has a total area of , of which , or 0.05%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,029 people, 1,783 households, and 1,485 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,137 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.78%

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, 1.44%

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, 0.32% Native American, 4.02% Asian, 0.45% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.83% of the population. There were 1,783 households, out of which 15.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.4% were

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living together, 3.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 13.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.46. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 13.3% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 24, 13.3% from 25 to 44, 36.6% from 45 to 64, and 34.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 59 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.5 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,229, and the median income for a family was $53,222. Males had a median income of $35,125 versus $24,875 for females. The

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for the CDP was $25,753. About 4.3% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the

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, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The CDP is served by Citrus County Schools. Elementary schools serving sections of the CDP include Central Ridge, Forest Ridge, and Hernando. Middle schools serving sections of the CDP include Citrus Springs,

, and Lecanto. High schools serving sections of the CDP include

Citrus High School Citrus High School (CHS) is a public high school in the town of Inverness, Florida, United States. A part of the Citrus County School District, Citrus High currently offers a four-year curriculum in grades 9-12 and currently has an enrollment ...

and Lecanto High School.Citrus County High School Attendance Boundaries
." Citrus County Schools. Retrieved on February 2, 2017.

References

External links

Citrus Hills homebuilders website

Citrus County Visitors & Convention Bureau
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