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10,762people live here $71,014median household income▼ 12% below US $384,800median home value▲ 16% above US

What it's like to live in Pine Ridge (Citrus County)

Pine Ridge (Citrus County) is a small city in Florida. The numbers below lay out what daily life there actually looks like.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Pine Ridge (Citrus County) deals with county unemployment above the national average, larger class sizes than the national average, a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin, and hot summers.

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
High student-teacher ratio
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers
Above-average rainfall
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options

How Pine Ridge (Citrus County) compares

Median household income

Pine Ridge (Citrus County)$71,014

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median home value

Pine Ridge (Citrus County)$384,800

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Pine Ridge (Citrus County)

Based on Pine Ridge (Citrus County)'s median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$76,960

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $38,480
Homes cost 5.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

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

Pine Ridge (Citrus County) 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

24 min average commute

Commutes are reasonable, averaging 23.5 minutes. Nothing heroic, and there's still time left over for a life after work. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 15% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

80%

Work from home

15%

Carpool

2.8%

Other

1.3%

Walk

0.6%

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▼ 22% below US

28% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 28%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Fort Matanzas National Monument (92 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Nothing in Pine Ridge (Citrus County)'s numbers stands out as a clear strength, and the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin. It tends to suit remote workers (15% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for anyone moving without a job lined up.

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