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10,782people live here $71,426median household income▼ 12% below US $332,600median home valueNear US average

Sugarmill Woods 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 Sugarmill Woods

Sugarmill Woods is an unincorporated community in Florida. The numbers below lay out what daily life there actually looks like.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Sugarmill Woods deals with county unemployment above the national average, hot summers, above-average rainfall, and fewer dining and entertainment options than a bigger city.

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
Hot summers
Above-average rainfall
Smaller place — fewer dining and entertainment options

How Sugarmill Woods compares

Median household income

Sugarmill Woods$71,426

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median home value

Sugarmill Woods$332,600

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Sugarmill Woods

Based on Sugarmill Woods's median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$66,520

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $33,260
Homes cost 4.7× 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

Sugarmill Woods 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

28 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 27.5 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 23% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

68%

Work from home

23%

Carpool

5.8%

Other

2.8%

Walk

0.7%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 90°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 50°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 26% below US

27% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 27%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

0 public schools inside the boundary

No public school is located inside the boundary; students attend schools in the surrounding district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is De Soto National Memorial (84 miles away).

Bottom line

Nothing in Sugarmill Woods's numbers stands out as a clear strength, and the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and hot summers. It tends to suit remote workers (23% 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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