Demographics of Starke city, Florida

Starke city, Florida had 5,963 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +168 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Starke city, in four figures

5,963
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 5,877 ±24.; +2.9%
Change since July 2020: +168 people.; 37.0 ±2.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $52,258 ±$16,425
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Starke city, Florida's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Starke city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Starke city, Florida's population grew 2.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Starke city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	5,795	100.0	100.0
2021	5,810	100.3	100.2
2022	5,858	101.1	100.7
2023	5,934	102.4	101.6
2024	5,985	103.3	102.5
2025	5,963	102.9	103.1

Population of Starke city, Florida on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	5,795	—
2021	5,810	+15
2022	5,858	+48
2023	5,934	+76
2024	5,985	+51
2025	5,963	−22

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.0 ±2.6: for men 34.5 ±4.8 and for women 40.1 ±6.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Starke city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Florida	United States
Under 5	486 ±213	8.3% ±3.6	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,035 ±311	17.6% ±5.3	14.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	316 ±150	5.4% ±2.6	8.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,666 ±347	28.3% ±5.9	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,577 ±340	26.8% ±5.8	25.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	797 ±201	13.6% ±3.4	21.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $52,258 ±$16,425, and income per person $22,923 ±$2,681, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,568 ±$284 in Florida and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Starke city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Florida	United States
Under $25,000	648 ±233	29.4% ±9.8	15.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	313 ±148	14.2% ±6.4	18.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	518 ±247	23.5% ±10.8	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	97 to 413	4.6% to 18.6%	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	144 to 508	6.8% to 22.8%	17.2% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	43 to 241	2.0% to 10.9%	8.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	0 to 21	0% to 1.0%	11.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Starke city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Florida	United States
All ages	1,518 ±449	28.7% ±8.5	12.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	259 to 805	36.6% ±15.6	16.5% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	823 ±270	27.3% ±8.1	11.5% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	52 to 274	7.6% to 31.7%	11.8% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Starke city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Starke city	Florida	United States
Housing units	2,583 ±307	10,256,470 ±942	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.2% ±4.7	85.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.8% ±6.8	14.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	56.3% ±10.1	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	43.7% ±7.5	32.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$214,300 ±$35,619	$359,000 ±$930	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$840 ±$61	$1,669 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±10	1988 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Starke city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Florida	United States
Hispanic or Latino	33 to 267	0.6% to 4.5%	27.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	3,868 ±418	65.8% ±7.1	50.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,323 ±383	22.5% ±6.5	14.6% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.4%	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.4%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.4%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	220 to 844	3.7% to 14.4%	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Starke city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Florida	United States
Born in the state	4,013 ±398	68.3% ±6.8	35.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,479 ±339	25.2% ±5.8	38.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 202	0% to 3.4%	4.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	106 to 466	1.8% to 7.9%	21.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	93 to 447	1.6% to 7.6%	12.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 45	0% to 0.8%	9.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Starke city among the places of Florida

442nd of 482 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Florida page.

Places of Florida near Starke city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Zephyrhills West CDP	5,980 ±812
Fort Myers Shores CDP	5,946 ±899
Osprey CDP	5,943 ±457
Ocean City CDP	5,941 ±745
Cocoa West CDP	5,923 ±1,269
Starke city	5,877 ±24
Dundee town	5,863 ±33
Bay Harbor Islands town	5,847 ±33
Belleview city	5,805 ±20
Southgate CDP	5,772 ±542
White City CDP	5,744 ±1,492

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Florida by poverty rate
No. 16 Places by poverty rate
No. 218 Places in Florida by median household income
No. 236 Places in Florida by homeownership rate
No. 239 Places in Florida by median age
No. 362 Places in Florida by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026