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Sky Lake, Florida.

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

Living in Sky Lake, Orange County, Florida

Sky Lake, in Orange County, had 7,226 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $70,203 a year and half less, against $79,719 across Orange County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Orange County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then transport and warehouses.

People 7,226 in the 2020 census
Household income $70,203 the median, give or take $7,520 · Orange County: $79,719
Unemployment 4.5% Orange County, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Sky Lake for the Census survey to measure.
  • 2,370households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 8%work from home

What residents work in

  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment19%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities18%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care16%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Orange County had 954,330 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more 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 50°; warmest in July, 92° and 73° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 50° F M A M J J 92° 73° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 50°; warmest in July, 92° and 73° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 50° F M A M J J 92° 73° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 50°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 73°. About 51 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

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

Largest employers in Orange County

  1. Walt Disney World Co.80,000
  2. Advent Health/Florida Hospital40,000
  3. Universal Orlando Resort32,084
  4. Orlando Health28,806
  5. Orange County Public Schools24,685
  6. Lockheed Martin Corp.14,000
  7. University of Central Florida13,645
  8. Orange County Government12,268

From Orange County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers (its source: “Source: Orlando Business Journal: 2025 Book of Lists, Central Florida”), as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sky Lake’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 Orange County.