Florida · Census place 1247050

Mount Dora, Florida

Mount Dora is a city in Lake County, Florida with an estimated 18,261 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,261
#129 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+11.3%
+1,856 people
Land area
8.8 sq mi
+ 0.45 sq mi water
Density
2,068 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Mount Dora. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Mount Dora population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Dora added 1,856 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.3%. In the latest year it moved by +415. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Mount Dora is 83% of it.

16.4k202016.7k202117.2k202217.8k202318.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,327. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Dora covers 8.83 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 2,068 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Mount Dora is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mount Dora is in

All of Mount Dora's residents live in Lake County, which had 444,204 residents in 2024. Mount Dora holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Dora

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Dora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 32757. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mount Dora is

The Census internal point of Mount Dora is at 28.813300, -81.633400. Tallahassee, the capital, is 194.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eustis, FL (25,067 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Deltona, FL, 26.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.813300, -81.633400
DMS
28°48'47.88"N 81°38'0.24"W
UTM
17N 438195.7E 3187465.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
76WWR978+8J

Daylight in Mount Dora

At 28.81° N, Mount Dora gets about 13 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Dora

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Eustis, 4.0 miles away, with 25,067 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Dora, FL?

18,261 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,856 (11.3%) from 16,405 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Dora in?

Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Mount Dora?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 32757.

How far is Mount Dora from Tallahassee?

194.6 miles (313.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Mount Dora.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Dora?

Eustis, FL, with 25,067 residents, 4.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.