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Mount Dora, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Mount Dora is a Census city of 17,278 people across 8.83 square miles of land, in Lake County. Median household income is $74,537, 61.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 46 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $24.8 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Mount Dora
What Mount Dora is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.83 sq mi
- Water area0.45 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,957
- County holding the largest share of its areaLake County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Mount Dora
- Population17,278
- Median age48.8
- Population under 182,871 plus or minus 583
- Share under 1816.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Population 65 and over5,793
- Share 65 and over33.5 percent
- Households7,646
- Family households4,961
- Share of households that are families64.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mount Dora
- Median household income$74,537
- Per capita income$45,706
- Civilian labor force7,152
- Employed6,733
- Unemployed419 plus or minus 185
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over13,232
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher38.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mount Dora
- Housing units8,621
- Occupied units7,646
- Vacant units975 plus or minus 333
- Vacancy rate11.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Owner occupied4,714
- Renter occupied2,932
- Ownership rate61.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$381,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,722
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.7 percent
- Single family units5,869
- Share single family68.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,527
- Share in buildings of two or more29.3 percent
- Mobile homes225 plus or minus 129
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mount Dora gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,398
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,201 plus or minus 423
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.2 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,539 plus or minus 559
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.0 percent
- Drove alone65.6 percent
- Carpooled11.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home18.6 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mount Dora (7(a))
- Approvals46
- Gross approval$24,765,500
- Average approval$538,380
- Median approval$303,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,288,000
- Largest approval$2,750,000
- Jobs supported474
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full6
- Charged off3
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.9 percent
- Share to franchises19.6 percent
- Distinct lenders28
- Distinct industries by NAICS35
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mount Dora, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 9 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Mount Dora (504)
- Approvals25
- Gross approval$20,909,000
- Average approval$836,360
- Median approval$528,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported191
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mount Dora, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 5 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lake County, not Mount Dora
Lake County context, not Mount Dora figures
- Establishments in Lake County8,849
- Covered employment, Lake County117,354
- Average annual pay, Lake County$53,106
- Housing units permitted, Lake County4,990
Every figure in this section is published for Lake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mount Dora.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Mount Dora questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mount Dora, Florida?
17,278, in 7,646 households. Mount Dora city covers 8.83 square miles of land, which is 1,957 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mount Dora in?
Lake County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mount Dora?
$74,537. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $381,900. Median gross rent is $1,722 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mount Dora businesses?
46 7(a) approvals totaling $24.8 m since FY2020, across 28 lenders, median approval $303,000, plus 25 504 approvals worth $20.9 m since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mount Dora, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mount Dora borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mount Dora. Only 9 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Mount Dora figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lake County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mount Dora.
Is zoning published for Mount Dora?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.