| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 863 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:39 PM |
| Population: | 44,041 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 12093 |
| CBSA: | Okeechobee, FL |
| Land Area: | 1,531 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 30 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 27.2951, -80.9007 |
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44,041 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,531 sq mi, served by 1 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 43,374 to 44,041 from 2014 to 2024 — a +1.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 34972 (Okeechobee, $61,040 median) and poorest ZIP 34974 (Okeechobee, $53,013) are 29.2 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this county — from $164,100 in 34974 (Okeechobee) to $220,000 in 34972 (Okeechobee).
Density varies 2× across the county — from 24 people/sq mi in 34972 (Okeechobee) to 35 in 34974 (Okeechobee).
Educational attainment ranges from 14.7% bachelor's+ in 34972 (Okeechobee) to 16.1% in 34974 (Okeechobee) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Florida, this is the #45 most populous of 67 counties and ranks #52 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $56,670 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
15.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (4,891 of 31,590 reporting). The most-educated ZIPs cluster around Okeechobee.
2 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.