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High Point, 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 High Point, Hernando County, Florida

High Point, in Hernando County, had 3,873 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $49,368 a year and half less, against $66,058 across Hernando County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 88% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 12% 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 3,873 in the 2020 census; median age 63.7
Household income $49,368 the median, give or take $2,180 · Hernando County: $66,058
Unemployment 5.4% Hernando County, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 88% lived in by their owners; 12% rented
  • 2,073households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line

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, 72° and 47°; warmest in August, 92° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 47° F M A M J J A 92° 74° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 47°; warmest in August, 92° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 47° F M A M J J A 92° 74° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 47°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 74°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Weeki Wachee weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in High Point

  1. HCA Florida Oak Hill HospitalGeneral hospital1,180FTE
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.Warehouse club and supercenters108
  3. LifeSouth Community Blood CentersHealth and allied services, not elsewhere classified; blood bank34
  4. BelkDepartment stores except discount department stores25
  5. Aldi Florida21

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,942 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in High Point’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.