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Brookridge, Florida.

A community in Hernando County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Hernando County’s.

Living in Brookridge, Hernando County, Florida

Brookridge, in Hernando County, had 4,658 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $53,989 a year and half less, against $66,058 across Hernando County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 93% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. Unemployment in Hernando County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hernando County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,658 in the 2020 census; median age 68.6
Household income $53,989 the median, give or take $12,777 · Hernando County: $66,058
Unemployment 5.4% Hernando County, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 93% lived in by their owners; 7% rented
  • 2,485households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 34 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Hernando County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hernando County had 50,575 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 44°; warmest in August, 91° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 44° F M A M J J A 91° 72° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 44°; warmest in August, 91° and 72° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 44° F M A M J J A 91° 72° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 71° and lows near 44°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 72°. About 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brooksville Hernando County Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Hernando County

  1. Oak Hill Hospital1,700
  2. Tampa General Hospital1,102
  3. Walmart Distribution Center975
  4. Barrette Outdoor Living400
  5. Healthsouth350
  6. Cemex264
  7. HPH Hospice221
  8. Accuform Signs, Inc.209

From Hernando County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Hernando County Office of Business Development”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brookridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hernando County.