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15,701people live here $48,049median household income▼ 40% below US $939median rent per month▼ 34% below US $158,200median home value▼ 52% below US

Homosassa Springs is an unincorporated community in Citrus County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Homosassa Springs

Homosassa Springs is an unincorporated community in Florida with rent below the national average, home prices that remain within reach, a population that has grown fast since 2020, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Homosassa Springs deals with county unemployment above the national average, household incomes below the national average, college degree attainment below the national average, and a poverty rate above the national average.

The good

Rent below the national average
Affordable home prices
Fast-growing population
Average class sizes

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
Below-average household incomes
Low college degree attainment
High poverty rate
Hot summers
Above-average rainfall

How Homosassa Springs compares

Median household income

Homosassa Springs$48,049

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Homosassa Springs$939

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Homosassa Springs$158,200

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Homosassa Springs

Based on Homosassa Springs's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$1,878

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $37,560 a year
45% of Homosassa Springs renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$31,640

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $15,820
Homes cost 3.3× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▼ 34% below US

$939/mo median rent

Rent here is genuinely low, with median rent around $939 a month. Factoring in local incomes, the value gets even better. Money stretches further here than in most of the country. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $158,200. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $158,200 · 45% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

5.8% county unemployment

Unemployment in Citrus County is 5.8%, well above the national average of 4.3%. Moving with a job already lined up matters more here. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Citrus County (county-wide)

Safety

195 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Homosassa Springs doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Citrus County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 903/100k · Policed by Citrus County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2022 data

Getting aroundNear US average

25 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 24.5 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 8% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

81%

Carpool

9.1%

Work from home

8.1%

Other

1.3%

Walk

0.5%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 90°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 45°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 74% below US

9% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is De Soto National Memorial (89 miles away).

Bottom line

Homosassa Springs's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and household incomes below the national average. A year of median rent ($939/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget. It may be a harder fit for anyone moving without a job lined up.

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