Okahumpka, Florida.
. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,050 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Florida$1,970
- United States$1,922
Living in Okahumpka, Lake County, Florida
Okahumpka, in Lake County, had 240 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Lake County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lake County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Okahumpka is a very small community in Lake County, Florida, with far fewer residents than most towns. Winters are mild, with January the coolest month and daytime temperatures staying comfortable, while summers turn hot, with August the warmest. Rain is steady through the year, and snow plays no real part in the picture.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in shops, or in professional and business services. Across Lake County, some of the largest workplaces are Lake Schools, AdventHealth Waterman and Orlando Health South Lake Hospital. Unemployment across the county has risen a little over the past year, while the number of jobs has grown slightly.
Things to do. The Palatlakaha River runs in or beside town, and Lake Harris and Lake Griffin State Park, a protected area, are both a short drive away. The Leesburg Heritage Museum, also a short drive off, is a good stop for local history. Magic Kingdom, the amusement park, is a longer drive away.
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What people in Lake County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lake County had 118,622 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 70° and lows near 49°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 75°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Leesburg Municipal Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Lake County
- Lake County Public Schools5,669
- Advent Health Waterman (2)3,300
- Publix Supermarkets3,049
- Lake County Government2,298
- Walmart Supercenter2,115
- Orlando Health South Lake Hospital (3)1,897
- UF Health Leesburg Hospital (1)1,828
- Central Florida Health Alliance1,342
From Lake County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Bureau of Labor Statistics Lake County Adopted Budget Lake County Agency for Economic Growth”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Okahumpka’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 Lake County and the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro.
Okahumpka home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Okahumpka address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Okahumpka — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.